A young man was seriously injured in a knife attack today.
Gardaí said the man, 22, was found with a serious facial wound at about 1am in Blanchardstown, west Dublin.
The man was taken to the nearby James Connolly Memorial Hospital. His condition is not thought to be life-threatening.
Officers were called to the Sheephill Avenue area of Blanchardstown where they found the man and, after a search, also recovered a knife.
The scene has been preserved for a full technical examination and no arrests have been made.