Gardaí in Cork have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with a fatal assault in the Lower John Street and Knapp’s Square area of Cork city on Monday evening. The man was arrested on Wednesday morning and is currently being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a garda station in Cork city. “She was in bits this morning,” one resident in the Camden Court apartment complex on Carroll’s Quay said of the deceased man’s partner. One resident, Andrew Zammit, who is originally from Malta, said residents of Camden Court were both saddened and frightened by news of the suspected stabbing. I was scared for my partner thinking of it.”The apartments at Camden Court are “peaceful, quiet, and full of professionals,” Mr Zammit said.

Source: Irish Examiner March 18, 2026 14:09 UTC