Woman stabbed to death in Kilkenny shop
A murder investigation is under way after a woman in her 20s was stabbed in a shop in Kilkenny city centre on Thursday night.
The woman was at work in a Holland and Barrett shop at Market Cross shopping centre shortly after 20:30 BST, when a man came into the shop and stabbed her.
Emergency services were called and the woman was brought to hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
A 27-year-old man was arrested a short time later.
He is being questioned at Kilkenny Garda Station.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on Friday.