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Vanessa O’Callaghan was assaulted while she was availing of the services of a soup kitchen on St Patrick's Street in Cork city. Owner
Vanessa O'Callaghan
Two people released after questioning about fatal assault of woman in Cork last December
Gardaí at Anglesea Street station are still investigating the fatal assault.
GARDAÍ HAVE RELEASED two people without charge after arresting them yesterday as part of an investigation into a fatal assault of a woman in Cork city last year.
Vanessa O’Callaghan, who was 36 years old, was assaulted while she was availing of the services of a soup kitchen on St Patrick’s Street in Cork city.
She was attacked by up to three people outside the former Savoy Cinema.
She received CPR from a volunteer at the scene but later passed away in Cork University Hospital.
Gardaí at Anglesea Street station are still investigating the fatal assault.
A man and a woman, both aged in their 30s, were arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation.
They were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a garda station in Cork.
They have since been released without charge and a gardaí are preparing a file to be sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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