A man has been arrested following the death of a woman in Freshford, Co Kilkenny.
Gardaí were called to a house on Bridge Street this afternoon after the woman, who’s in her 20s, was removed to hospital at around midday with serious injuries.
She later died in St Luke’s Hospital.
A man in his 30s was arrested this afternoon and is being held in Kilkenny Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The scene at the house is sealed off and is undergoing a forensic technical examination.
The office of the State Pathologist has been notified and a post mortem examination will be carried out on the body of the woman.