A man is in Garda custody after a young woman was killed in a fatal stabbing in Kilkenny city last night.
The 28-year-old victim was attacked in the shop where she worked in the Market Cross centre at about half past eight.
She was rushed to St Luke's Hospital but was later pronounced dead.
A 27 year old man was arrested after a Garda search of the area, he's being questioned at Kilkenny Garda Station.
Kilkenny People journalist Mary Cody says the city is in shock.