Weekend of violence and tragedy

A MAN was released without charge last night as gardaí continued their investigations into the suspicious death of an Albanian woman in Sligo after a weekend of violence and tragedy.

Three people died over the weekend, one man was shot, another stabbed and a teenager was left fighting for his life when he was found unconscious on the roadside in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The man was arrested just after 10am and was quizzed for 12 hours under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.