Gardaí arrest man after 'hostage' situation 

Gardaí responded to reports of a man brandishing a knife in a threatening manner in the Market Square area of Ballina at about 6pm. File picture: Dan Linehan

A man was arrested by gardaí in Mayo on Wednesday evening after he barricaded himself in a business premises and threatened to injure himself with a knife. 

Gardaí responded to reports of a man brandishing a knife in a threatening manner in the Market Square area of Ballina at about 6pm.