A heartbreaking tribute has been paid to a homeless woman in Co Cork who died following an assault over the weekend.

VOLUNTEERS who organise regular soup kitchens in Cork have called for the provision of better services for vulnerable people after a woman died from injuries received in a frenzied attack on

A woman in her 30s who was injured in an assault in Cork city centre on Sunday has died from her injuries. She has been been named locally as 36-year-old Vanessa O'Callaghan, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ.

A volunteer at Cork Penny Dinners has described the "wave of pain" being felt around Cork City, after the fatal assault of Vanessa O'Callaghan on Sunday night.

A woman has passed away in hospital a number of days after an assault in Co Cork. Vanessa O’Callaghan, 36, was critically injured in the assault outside the old Savoy cinema on St Patrick’s Street, which now operates as a soup kitchen, on Sunday night (December 1).

A WOMAN has died in hospital days after being seriously injured in an assault. The woman was attacked at a soup run on Patrick’s Street in Cork city, outside the former Savoy Cinema, on

Hundreds of people have payed tribute to a member of Cork's homeless community who died after being attacked by a group at a city soup run. Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, passed away in hospital yesterday as a result of injuries she suffered during the incident on Sunday evening.