A man has died following a stabbing incident in Galway City.

Emergency services were called to the scene at Cardinal Cushing Road in Mervue shortly after 4am this morning (Sunday).

A man in his late thirties had been stabbed and was treated at the scene, before being removed to University Hospital Galway where he later died.

A man in his sixties has been arrested in connection with the incident.

He's being detained at Galway Garda Station.

The scene has been preserved and the office of the state pathologist notified.