A 27-year-old man was being questioned last night by gardaí investigating the murder of a woman who was attacked and stabbed while working in a shop in Kilkenny’s city centre.

A man is still being held by gardaí investigating the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kilkenny city last night.

A man is in Garda custody after a young woman was killed in a fatal stabbing in Kilkenny city last night.