GARDAI INVESTIGATE MANS DEATH IN CITY CENTRE STABBING

Date Published: 03-Jun-2009

A man has died after being stabbed in the city centre.The incident happened just after two o'clock this morning at Williamsgate Street.Gardai on foot patrol were alerted to an injured 20-year-old who had been stabbed a number of times.He was rushed to University Hospital Galway by patrol car where he was pronounced dead at around three o' clock.The state pathologist's office has been notified and the area has been sealed off for a technical examination.Diversions are in place - Eglinton Street and Williamsgate Street off Eyre Square have been closed and are unlikely to re-open before rush hour.Gardai are appealing for witnesses who may have been in Karma nightclub or taxi drivers to come forward.