Woman in hospital after alleged stabbing in Cork suburb now in a stable condition

Woman suffered serious injuries to her arm in the attack and required surgery on Wednesday

The suspect was still being questioned at Togher Garda Station on Wednesday evening. Picture: Denis Minihane

A woman who was allegedly stabbed by a man she knew in a Cork City suburb is in a stable condition following an operation for her injuries.

A man in his 20s had waited for the woman, also aged in her 20s, to return home to Churchyard Lane in Ballinlough about 7pm on Tuesday and then attacked her with a knife.