EMERGENCY SERVICES PRIASED FOR SWIFT ATTEMPTS TO SAVE CITY STAB VICTIM

Date Published: 04-Jun-2009

Emergency services are being praised for their swift attempts to save city stab victim Kieran Cunningham, who died in hospital20 year-old Kieran Cunningham, one of three children from Slievefinn, Claregalway, died in hospital shortly after 3am yesterday from a number of stab wounds inflicted during an attack on Williamsgate Street. A post mortem examination on the body revealed he died from multiple stab wounds, and Garda have now launched a full murder investigation, with a team of 40 detectives working on the case.They're looking for the publics help in identifying a man and a woman and have released a CCTV image of the couple.Speaking to Keith Finnegan, friend and neighbour Joseph Fahy says emergency services gave Kieran the best chance he could have had.