Nicola Collins’ violent death shocks community in Cork

Gardaí have launched a murder inquiry after an autopsy on the body of a woman discovered in a flat on the northside of Cork city yesterday ruled that she had been violently attacked.

The body of the 39-year-old victim, named locally as mother-of-three Nicola Collins, was found in the flat on Popham’s Rd in Farranree when the emergency services were alerted shortly after 3am yesterday.

Originally from Tralee, Co Kerry, Ms Colins had been living in Togher in Cork city.