Death prompts urgent calls for 'wet shelter'

A SENIOR garda called last night for the urgent establishment of a 'wet shelter' in Cork following the tragic death of a young mother in a doorway on the city's main street yesterday.

Marie Hanlon, 32, was found lying in the doorway of Penney's store on St Patrick's Street early yesterday morning.

She had become known to gardaí recently as a regular street drinker and is believed to have been sleeping rough.