File being prepared for dpp over ballina stabbing

THE man who had been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a Ballina man at his home on Monday morning last has been released without charge, the Gardaí Siochana has announced.

A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The injured man remains in hospital at Mayo General Hospital where his condition last night was described as stable.

He sustained a number of knife wounds at the door of his home in Tom Clarke Place, in the Parkside area of Ballina, in the early hours of Monday morning last.