'It's a terrible tragedy': Woman fatally stabbed only moved to Cork few months ago

A man in his 40s who was arrested at the scene is being detained for questioning in connection with the incident

A garda cordon in position at a house at Cardinal Court, Wilton Cork after the body of a female was found shortly after 10pm on Saturday. Picture: Larry Cummins

The 38-year-old woman who died after being stabbed in Cork last night was an Indian national who moved to Ireland just a few months ago. She was the mother of a five-year-old boy who was not in the house at the time of the incident.

Emergency services rushed to the house at Cardinal Court in Wilton, on the southside of the city, after the alarm was raised shortly after 10pm. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. It is understood she was found in a bedroom in her home