Gardaí at Loughrea in Galway are investigating an incident in which a woman in her 20s was taken to Portiuncula Hospital following a machete attack on Friday night.

Speaking to SHEmazing, Gardaí elaborated on the incident saying: "The incident occurred at 9.45pm on the 16^th June following an incident of criminal damage to a vehicle involving a number of people on Main St, Eyrecourt."

"The woman, who was an occupant of the vehicle, was taken to Portincula Hospital with non life threatening injuries," they confirmed.

Commenting on the incident, local Fianna Fail TD Anne Rabbitte said the community was understandably left shaken following the night's incident.

"The community felt so upset about it that they had to hold a public meeting because they lived in fear on that night because they were afraid to walk down their street, they were told to stay inside doors, they didn't know what was going on," she said.

Gardaí have confirmed that investigations are ongoing and no arrests have yet been made.