'Gentle lady' who was fatally stabbed in Cork City to be laid to rest next week

Meanwhile, David Gallagher has been charged with the murder of his mother close to the family home at Shrewsbury Downs in Ballinlough last Monday night

Stella Gallagher was described as a 'wonderful person' by a mourner in the condolences section of Rip.ie. Photo via RIP.ie

The funeral will take place next week of a “dearly loved” wife and mother who was attacked by a man armed with a knife close to her home in Shrewsbury Downs in Ballinlough, Cork City, last Monday night.

Stella Gallagher, aged 59, died in Cork University Hospital in the aftermath of the stabbing incident in which her husband Brian was also seriously injured.