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| Pearse McAuley arrested after wife stabbed in County Cavan | |
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| Prominent Irish republican Pearse McAuley has been arrested after his wife Pauline was stabbed at their home. | |
| Mr McAuley, who was one of the men convicted of killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996, was arrested in County Cavan on Christmas Eve. | Mr McAuley, who was one of the men convicted of killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996, was arrested in County Cavan on Christmas Eve. |
| Mrs McAuley, who is a former Sinn Fein councillor, was attacked in the house earlier in the day. | |
| It is understood she suffered several stab wounds and had to undergo emergency surgery. | It is understood she suffered several stab wounds and had to undergo emergency surgery. |
| Mr McAuley who was in the IRA, served 10 years of a 16-year prison sentence for his part in killing Detective McCabe, who was shot dead in County Limerick during the botched robbery of a post office van. | |
| Sinn Féin said the incident was a matter for the police and they would not be saying anything else that might compromise the investigation. |