Tougher laws required to tackle knife crime
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling for tougher laws to be introduced to reduce the number of stabbings crimes committed in Ireland. Deputy Martin Kenny made the calls after it emerged that 499 people were hospitalised after being stabbed with a knife between 2018 and 2020. 157 patients…
Man remanded in custody following Sligo Stabbing
A man has been remanded in custody after a special sitting of the District Court in Carrick on Shannon . This follows a stabbing incident in the Sligo Town area yesterday. A man was arrested shortly after the incident by Sligo Gardaí and he was subsequently charged with Assault Causing…
Man, woman in court after Sligo stabbing incident
A man and a woman in their 20s appeared have appeared before a sitting of the District Court in Carrick on Shannon on charges arising from a disturbance in Sligo town on Saturday afternoon. It occurred in Caltragh Crescent and resulted in another man, also in his 20s, being brought…
Two arrested following Sligo stabbing incident
Gardaí arrested a man and a woman following a stabbing incident in Sligo yesterday. The incident occurred at around 1.30pm Saturday afternoon in the Caltragh Crescent area of the town. A man in his 20’s is believed to have been stabbed during the event. He was taken to Sligo University…
Gardai investigating Letterkenny Stabbing
Two people have been injured in a suspected stabbing incident in Letterkenny. The assault happened in a house in the Oldtown area in the early hours of this morning. Gardai were subsequently alerted and arrived at the scene of the incident shortly after 2am. Both people were taken to Letterkenny…
Gardai investigate disturbance, stabbing incident in Sligo
Gardai are continuing their investigations into an incident in Sligo town in which two men sustained multiple stab wounds. It occurred during a disturbance at a house in the Ballytivnan area during the early hours of Christmas Day. It’s understood a man covered in blood ran from the house onto…
Man expected before court in connection with Sligo stabbing
A man in his 30s is expected to be brought before a court later arising from a Garda investigation into a stabbing in Sligo town on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred on the Strandhill Road, to where the emergency services were called at about half past eight. The the victim,…