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A woman who was stabbed during an assault while walking in Dublin city last month has died.
The woman, aged in her late 40s, was walking home from work between Georges Dock and the Custom House Quay on January 20th at around 9.30pm when she was attacked.
Gardaí say she was pronounced dead at the Mater University Hospital in Dublin on Wednesday.
They say they will await the outcome of a post-mortem examination to determine the course of further investigations.
A male teenager who was arrested three days after the incident is due before the courts later this month.
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A woman in her late 40s seriously injured in the course of an incident on the 20 January 2021 has died.
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The woman was seriously assaulted during a robbery while she was walking on the pedestrian walkway between Georges Dock and Custom House Quay in Dublin.
Over 53,000 patients went without beds in Irish hospitals in 2020, INMO says
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”. By Órla Ryan Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 2:28 PM Dec 31st 2020, 2:28 PM 10,550 Views 36 Comments
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AT LEAST 53,325 patients went without beds in Irish hospitals in 2020, new figures from the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO) show.
Over 30,000 of those incidents were recorded since Covid-19 was first detected in Ireland.
Admitted patients waited on trolleys and chairs, often in corridors, the INMO noted.
General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious