Incident in salthill!

fasteddie09

Anybody heard anything about an apparant murder in salthill tonight?

skelliser

nope, what did you hear? where in salthill?

fasteddie09

down near the office bar,some guy in his 40s got stabbed to death is what i heard,police were everywhere and were questioning people!!

skelliser

fasteddie09 wrote: »

down near the office bar,some guy in his 40s got stabbed to death is what i heard,police were everywhere and were questioning people!!

jesus!:eek:
what time was this?

JONJO THE MISER

:eek: My god, i know of a good few people who hang out around there both drinking in the office or gambling in the slots.

allthedoyles

Salthill has been in the news for the wrong reasons lately ............:

http://www.galwaynews.ie/20739-eleven-convicted-sex-sale-crackdown

skelliser

just drove around to have a look, nothing unusual outside the office but there are 2 squad cars at the apartments at the back

fasteddie09

about 11 or so,could of been slightly earlier!i had friends up there trying to find out what happened but police just closed off the area!

Lapin

It was just on the news.

Man found dead with stab wounds in Salthill apartment.

Woman arrested.

Sounds like a sad scene.

Lapin

allthedoyles wrote: »

Salthill has been in the news for the wrong reasons lately ............:

http://www.galwaynews.ie/20739-eleven-convicted-sex-sale-crackdown

Nothing new there in the run up to Race Week.

Happens every year.

biko

Let's only discuss official news, no speculation or hearsay, thx.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0801/stabbing.html

A man in his 50s, whose body was found in an apartment complex in Salthill in Galway city, is understood to have received stab wounds.
A woman in her 30s has been arrested and is being questioned at Mill Street Garda Station.

Also remember that what you post now might be read by family & friends of the deceased.

Asmodean

Always saddening to hear. Rip

kraggy

Any word on where the 2 are from? Are they Irish?

biko

http://www.galwaynews.ie/20770-man-dies-salthill-incident
A major investigation is underway by Gardai in Salthill, and a woman has been arrested, following the death of a man in an apartment there late last night.(Sunday)
It is believed the man, who was in his early 50's was stabbed.
Gardai were called to an apartment in upper Salthill at approximately 10.30 last night (Sunday).
They found a man in a collapsed state, and even though medical assistance was rendered, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman, who is in her 30's, was arrested at the scene and she is being detained at Mill Street Garda Station under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

toadfly

kraggy wrote: »

Any word on where the 2 are from? Are they Irish?

Both from Co Galway.

seriouslysweet

She's from Spiddal. Awfully sad case.

soundbyte

seriouslysweet wrote: »

She's from Spiddal. Awfully sad case.

Heard that too. Apparently they knew each other, so without speculating, I guess you can draw your own conclusions:

http://twitter.com/#!/galwaynews

and it's a murder investigation now:
http://www.galwaynews.ie/20779-gardai-launch-murder-investigation-salthill

biko

Ok, as we don't want to interfere with an ongoing investigation that will lead to a court case I'll close this thread.