Ukrainian girl, 8, stabbed 70 times at Clare  accommodation 'is out of danger'

The scene in Clarecastle near Ennis where an eight-year-old girl was stabbed last week. Photograph: Press 22

The eight-year-old Ukrainian girl who was stabbed in refugee accommodation in Co Clare last week “is out of danger” from the injuries she sustained in the assault.

Last week, the child’s condition was initially described as "critical" after she was stabbed over 70 times at her accommodation, which houses Ukrainian refugees in Clarecastle near Ennis at about 8am last Tuesday, September 29.