‘I hope Vanessa will get justice’ says mum of woman who died after assault in Cork City

The late Vanessa O’Callaghan’s mother Ellen O’Callaghan; niece Shelley O’Callaghan; and aunt Marion Hurley at the vigil to remember her on St Patrick’s Street in Cork on Sunday evening. Pictures: Eddie O’Hare

The mother of a 36-year-old women who was fatally assaulted after leaving a soup kitchen in Cork City a week ago has said she hopes her daughter will “get justice”.

Ellen O’Callaghan made the comment as she attended a vigil last night to remember her daughter. It was organised by volunteers from the Kindness Krew who operate the soup kitchen outside the former Savoy Centre in St Patrick’s St.