Overview
- The victims were named locally as Stella Gallagher, 59, who died in hospital, and her husband Brian Gallagher, 62, who remains in a serious but stable condition after surgery.
- The assault occurred outside the couple’s home in the Shrewsbury Downs estate, Ballinlough, at about 9:15pm on Monday.
- Armed gardaí disarmed and arrested a man in his 20s at a nearby green; he is being held under Section 4 and underwent a precautionary medical assessment.
- A blood-stained kitchen knife was recovered as Garda Technical Bureau teams conduct forensic examinations; an incident room is active at Anglesea Street and the State Pathologist has been notified for a post-mortem.
- Investigators are appealing for witnesses and camera footage from the Shrewsbury Downs area between 8:30pm and 9:30pm, as a separate Hollyhill death of Mark O’Connell is being treated as murder with a file to be prepared for the DPP.