A man in his 20s is receiving treatment in hospital after being stabbed in Co Laois.
It happened on Church Street in Portlaoise at around 11 o'clock this morning.
Gardai say a man - in his late 20s - received apparent stab wounds and was brought to the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, with non life threatening injuries.
A man - also in his late 20' - was arrested a short time later.
He is being held at Portlaoise Garda Station.