Army Chaplin seriously injured after alledged stabbing in Galway army barracks

An army chaplain has been left seriously injured after a stabbing at a barracks in Galway.

Gardaí and members of the Armed Response Unit responded to the incident at Renmore Barracks at 10.45 last night.

A man in his 50s received a number of stab wounds and was taken to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

A young man in his teens has arrested and is being detained at a Garda station in the west of the country.

The scene is currently being preserved while a technical exam is being carried out.

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