Gardai in Blanchardstown are investigating the circumstance surrounding the death and discovery of a female in a house at Station Court Hall, Clonsilla, Dublin 15 on the 25th December 2010.

At approx 9.20pm on the 25th December 2010 Gardai received a call that a seriously injured female was in a house at Station Court Hall, Clonsilla, Dublin 15. On arrival Gardai contacted a local doctor and immediately sealed off the area. The doctor pronounced the female (52 yrs) dead at the scene. The body remains at the scene pending the arrival of the State Pathologist.

A 32yr old female was arrested at the scene and is currently being detained in Blanchardstown Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 as amended.

The scene is currently being examined by a team from the Garda Technical Bureau.