Sister of woman killed at Cork soup kitchen calls for opening of vacant Cork buildings

Vanessa, 36, was assaulted on Sunday while attending a soup kitchen on St Patrick’s Street. She died in CUH on Wednesday.

A sister of the homeless woman who was fatally assaulted at a soup kitchen in Cork City has pleaded for vacant buildings to be opened up to provide a safe space for the city’s most vulnerable.

Vanessa O’Callaghan’s sister, Lynda, said it would be one way to honour her "sunbeam" sister's memory, to ensure her death was not for no reason.