Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

1988, from the ages reported

Offences

Assault (fatal)

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

8 reports, 4 Dec 2024 to 31 Jul 2025

Outlets

irishmirror.ie, rte.ie, corkbeo.ie, gript.ie

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• Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork Assault (fatal) · Co. Cork

  Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, was assaulted by up to three people at a Kindness Krew soup kitchen outside the former Savoy cinema on St Patrick's Street, Cork city, on Sunday evening 1 December 2024. She sustained serious head injuries, was found unresponsive, and a volunteer administered CPR before she was taken to Cork University Hospital, where she died on 4 December 2024. A man and a woman, both in their 30s, were arrested on 30 July 2025 and released without charge. A file is to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions and Gardaí in Anglesea Street continue to investigate.

  Arrested, 19 Dec 2024Victim · 8 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 31 Jul2025
   Arrestedirishmirror.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   Two people arrested over fatal assault of homeless woman at Cork soup kitchen

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
2. 31 Jul2025
   Arrestedrte.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   File to be sent to DPP over fatal Cork assault last year

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
3. 31 Jul2025
   Arrestedcorkbeo.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   Man and woman arrested in connection with the death of Vanessa O'Callaghan

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
4. 19 Dec2024
   Arrestedcorkbeo.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   Support rallied for family of woman killed in Cork city street attack

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
5. 6 Dec2024
   Reportedirishmirror.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   Sister of woman who died after assault at soup run calls for more garda patrols

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
6. 5 Dec2024
   Reportedrte.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   'Wave of pain' felt in Cork City after woman's death

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
7. 4 Dec2024
   Reportedgript.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   Homeless woman attacked at Cork soup kitchen dies - Gript

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE
8. 4 Dec2024
   Reportedrte.ie, in Man and woman arrested over fatal assault in Cork

   Woman dies in hospital days after assault in Cork city

   victim, Vanessa O'Callaghan, 36, female, irish (judged from name)Vanessa O'Callaghan♀36IE

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