Inmate treated in hospital after Limerick Prison yard stabbing

AN inmate was being treated in hospital yesterday after being stabbed in Limerick Prison at the weekend.

The prisoner was stabbed once in the lower back while in the prison yard around 11.15am on Saturday. He was taken by taxi to hospital for treatment, one source said, and kept in overnight.

The wounded prisoner is serving a three-year sentence and it is believed he may be linked with the west Dublin criminal gang known as “the Westies”.

An Irish Prisons Service spokesman last night confirmed the incident, saying the man had received “a puncture wound”. He said the inmate was treated by medical staff at the prison before being removed to hospital “as a precaution”.

Other prisoners were searched before being returned to their cells.

Meanwhile, gardaí say they want to speak to a woman in connection with the stabbing of a Polish man in Dublin on Saturday.

The man, who is in his 40s, was found with a stab wound to his chest on the main street of Finglas at around 4.40am.

The man remained in hospital last night, where his condition was described as serious.

Gardaí are particularly anxious to speak to a woman whom they describe as being in her mid-20s with long, light brown hair.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Finglas Garda station on 01 666 7511 or the Confidential Line on 1800 666 1111.