Gardai are investigating an early morning knife attack which took place at a Pharmacy on Scarlet Street in Drogheda, Co Louth at 8:30am this morning.
A man in his 30s, who was working at the pharmacy, received a stab wound and was taken to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital with serious injuries.
Gardaí responding to the incident arrested a man in his 30s close to the scene.
The man is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Dundalk Garda Station.