Men injured in separate stabbing incidents

GARDAÍ found a young man in a pool of blood yesterday after he was stabbed several times following a domestic dispute in a quiet Cavan housing estate.

During the early hours of yesterday morning, the 20-year-old was repeatedly stabbed in the chest after a fight is believed to have broken out between people gathered in a house at the Aughnaskerry estate near the town.

Gardaí were called to the semi-detached home and the victim was rushed to Cavan General Hospital. Detectives were yesterday questioning occupants of the house as well as neighbours about the incident. The victim was later transferred to the Mater hospital in Dublin, were he underwent surgery. He remained in intensive care last night and his condition was described as critical.