Gardaí in Dublin are renewing their appeal for information after a woman was stabbed in the city centre last week.

A 48-year-old man has appeared in court charged over a stabbing in Dublin's south inner city yesterday morning.

Gardaí are working on finding a motive for a brutal stabbing in Dublin which left a woman critically ill in hospital.

A suspicious object discovered in the Liberties area of Dublin late last night has been described as a hoax.