Gardai investigating the stabbing of a man in limerick last night

An investigation is underway into the apparent stabbing of a man in Limerick.

It's believed to have happened in a pub last night. The victim, aged in his late 30s was socialising in the North Star pub in Thomondgate at around a quarter to nine when he received stab injuries during an altercation with another man. A second man received a minor stab injury as he tried to intervene. Gardai have sealed off the pub for a forensic examination and are following a definite line of enquiry. The injured man is known to Gardai and has at least one conviction for drugs offenses, sources said. Meanwhile - in a separate unrelated incident - a man who was stabbed in the head at a house in Caherdavin, Limerick, on Monday, remains in a critical condition in hospital. Another man received less serious stab injuries. Gardai at Mayorstone are appealing for witnesses.