Two arrests made in connection with fatal assault of Vanessa O'Callaghan in Cork

Vanessa O'Callaghan. 

Gardaí have made two arrests in connection with the fatal assault of a homeless Cork woman in December.

Vanessa O’Callaghan, a 36-year-old mother of three from Coach St, Middle Parish, and late of Blackpool, died in hospital after the assault on St Patrick’s Street on December 1.

She was homeless at the time.

On Wednesday evening, two individuals were arrested in connection with the investigation.

The man and woman, both aged in their 30s, were detained at a Garda station in Cork.

They have since been released without charge and a file is to be prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A Garda spokesperson said investigations are ongoing.