Man taken to hospital following stabbing incident in Arklow

Five men have been arrested in Arklow, Co Wicklow, following a stabbing in the town centre.

The incident occurred at about 5pm in Abbey Street.

A man (30s) was brought to St Vincent’s hospital for treatment of injuries believed to be non-life-threatening at this time.

The five men who have been arrested are being questioned in Garda stations in the Co Wicklow and Co Wexford areas.

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It is the third stabbing in Arklow in the last three weeks. A man in his 50s was stabbed in the early hours of Saturday, June 28th.

On Monday a man in his 40s was hospitalised in Arklow having sustained serious injuries in an assault that afternoon.

It is not clear yet if the three stabbings are related.