Four children are in a serious condition in hospital following an assault in County Wicklow.
A man's been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Gardaí and emergency services were called to a house in Blainroe, 4km south of Wicklow town, at about 7.30pm last night.
There they found the four children in a serious condition.
The children are believed to be aged between 3 and 11.
All 4 were taken to Tallaght Hospital. Two of them were airlifted.
A man in his mid 30's was arrested a short time later.
He's being held at Wicklow Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The scene has been preserved for a technical examination.
