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<\/p>\nYveta Donovalova (44) was described locally as a very hard-working woman and a good neighbour.<\/p>\n
She was discovered with critical injuries at a property in Grange Heights in Waterford city on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed fear she was the victim of a brutal and prolonged assault.<\/p>\n
Paramedics and garda\u00ed were called to the residential property at approximately 6:15pm.<\/p>\n
Ms Donovalova was found with multiple injuries at the scene.<\/p>\n
It is understood she was initially able to communicate with emergency services but quickly became unresponsive.<\/p>\n
She was rushed to University Hospital Waterford (UHW) where, despite desperate efforts to stabilise her condition, she was pronounced deceased a short time later.<\/p>\n
A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n
It is understood he was known to the deceased woman.<\/p>\n
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Yveta Donovalova (44)<\/p>\n
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The man is currently detained at a garda station in the Waterford division under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.<\/p>\n
He can be detained for questioning for up to 24 hours though this can be extended by food, medical and rest breaks.<\/p>\n
The man is not an Irish national.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed confirmed that the Office of the State Pathologist has been notified and a post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course at Waterford morgue.<\/p>\n
A garda spokesperson said they are investigating the circumstances of the fatal incident.<\/p>\n
“The scene is currently preserved for technical examination,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“A Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed to lead the investigation. An incident room has been established at Waterford Garda station.”<\/p>\n
“A Family Liaison Officer has been assigned to support the family of the deceased.”<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward.<\/p>\n
“Anyone who was in the Grange Heights area on Monday (April 27) 2026 between 6pm and 6:30pm who may have camera footage, including CCTV or dashcam, is asked to provide this footage to investigating Garda\u00ed.”<\/p>\n
“Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterford Garda Station on (051) 305300, the Garda Confidential Line on (1800) 666111 or any Garda station. Investigations are ongoing.”<\/p>\n
Ms Donovalova was originally from Czechia but is believed to have moved to Ireland over 18 years ago.<\/p>\n
She had worked in Waterford for a number of years.<\/p>\n
Neighbours said she was a very pleasant woman who supported musical events and charities in Waterford including the Red Cross.<\/p>\n
Locals said she resided at the Grange Heights property with a number of teenage children.<\/p>\n
It is understood the alarm was raised by concerned neighbours.<\/p>\n
The indications are that the deceased suffered multiple injuries including suspected stab wounds after she was attacked at the property.<\/p>\n
It is feared she was the victim of prolonged and brutal assault.<\/p>\n
The property was immediately sealed off by Garda\u00ed and a full forensic examination will be conducted by members of the Garda Technical Bureau.<\/p>\n
Councillor Declan Barry said the entire local community was in shock.<\/p>\n
“It is such a tragic and sad happening,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I have been living for 30 years on the Dunmore Road and Grange Heights is one of the quietest places.”<\/p>\n
Councillor Barry said the thoughts of everyone in the community are with her family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yveta Donovalova (44) was described locally as a very hard-working woman and a good neighbour. She was discovered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,898,43],"class_list":["post-421882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news-ticker","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}