A city grieving: Two Cork families shattered by violence in one week

Two families and two Cork communities are left devastated after separate knife attacks claimed two lives and left another seriously injured

Mark O’Connell's requiem Mass was held at 11.30am on Friday in the Church of the Resurrection, Farranree. Picture: Larry Cummins

Two people died after knife attacks in Cork homes in less than 48 hours over the last seven days.

Early on Sunday morning, Mark O’Connell, a 38-year-old father-of-three was stabbed multiple times outside a house in Hollyhill.