An 8-year-old Ukrainian girl found with multiple stab wounds at a Clare refugee accommodation centre is fighting for her life in hospital.
She has since been transferred to a hospital in Dublin were she has undergone emergency surgery this morning.
The child’s mother was also discovered unconscious at the property and remains in a critical condition at University Hospital Limerick.
A major investigation is now under way to establish exactly what happened at the accommodation centre in the village of Clarecastle.
The dozen refugees living at the home had been moved while Gardaí carried out the forensic investigation.
The scene has since been lifted and the residents have returned.