Vanessa O’Callaghan had just been given some food and a sleeping bag by a member of a volunteer group when she was attacked
The daughter of a 36 year old woman who died after was assaulted by up to three people as she left a soup kitchen in Cork city centre has said that her late mother was a “gem” of a person who had “a smile for everyone who crossed her path.”
READ MORE - Sister of woman who was fatally assaulted at soup run says there is urgent need for more garda patrols "I am still in complete shock. I can’t believe she’s gone. It’s going to take me a long time to get used to not seeing her around, especially by the church. Since her passing I’ve been expecting to see her there, full of life, and ready with her warm smile.
Fr Marius O’Reilly, who celebrated the mass, said that it was a “beautiful sight” to see so many people at the requiem mass for Vanessa. He stated she said would be “smiling down” from heaven at all those who gathered in the church.
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