The assualt took place at St Catherine’s Grange in Waterford City on August 1st this year.

The woman, aged in her 30s, is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Thursday morning.

Several weapons were discovered this week as part of an investigation into the sale and supply of drugs in the Inner City.

Abdullah Khan, 23, appeared again at Cloverhill District Court on Wednesday for his seventh hearing since being charged on July 31st and has not yet applied for bail.

A man in his 60s died when the van he was driving and a jeep collided on the N25 at Ballykelly, near Drinagh, at about 1pm on Sunday.

James Kiernan, 28, of Surglastown, Co Dublin, was charged with possessing cannabis for sale or supply at his home address and possessing drugs at a second location, in Jordanstown, Oldtown.

Graphic designer, Oliver Etienne, 44, from England, but living in Barcelona, Spain, for ten years and 34-year-old Christian Munoz Sanchez, from Barcelona, were arrested on May 2nd during an operation by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB).

Gardaí searched a house on the eastern side of Galway City on Thursday, and arrested a man and woman, both in their 20s.

Mohammad Shaker Al Tamimi was charged at Gorey district court last night with the killing of eight-year-old Malika Al Kattib, who died after an assault at her home in New Ross on Sunday night.

The man is due to appear before Coleraine Magistrates’ Court on Monday

The seizure of the suspected firearm was part of an operation targeting criminal activity in the Galway area