A jury has returned open verdicts into the deaths of a homeless man and woman whose bodies were recovered metres from each other in the River Lee in Cork City Centre in December 2014.

Two people who availed of Cork’s homeless services before their bodies were recovered from the River Lee died from drowning.

The family of one of two homeless people whose bodies were taken from the River Lee on Sunday night has asked that donations be made to the Cork Simon Community.

The heartbroken mother of a young woman whose body was recovered from Cork’s River Lee said her family tried everything to save her from a life on the streets.