Gardai are waiting to speak to the mum of a young girl who was stabbed 75 times once medics declare her fit.
Officers investigating the incident are keen to speak to the 46-year-old woman to establish a timeline of events leading up to the incident which saw her and her daughter left in critical care.
The mum was found unconscious while her eight-year-old girl, both Ukrainian refugees, was discovered with severe stab wounds to her neck and body on Tuesday morning at a house near Clarecastle, Co Clare.