Cork city has gone to the dogs.

[Ghoti]

How this poor girl ended up on the streets could happen to anybody, Abuse or addiction in the family home, Lack of guidance in teenage
years, It is a slippery slope.

I knew a guy who had lived on the streets for two years. You'd never have thought it. He said it can happen like that.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

My uncle came from a wealthy family in South Dublin who supported him in everything, he was always cherished as the youngest, he got a PhD from Cambridge, got married to a physicist, moved to Heidelberg. She found work, he couldn't as his field of research was more specialised and he couldn't speak German well enough to get a job. He started drinking at home while she'd be out at work, she eventually left him and cut all ties.

He moved to Cork and ended up dying alone in an bedsit near Tivoli at the age of 37, surrounded by empty vodka bottles.

I always think of his story when I have to tell myself to calm down and start taking things more seriously. Can happen to anyone.

 

[rebs23]

How this poor girl ended up on the streets could happen to anybody, Abuse or addiction in the family home, Lack of guidance in teenage
years, It is a slippery slope.

It’s a slippery slope but there always seems to be trauma somewhere that hasn’t been dealt with.

 

[BoggyRoad]

Why was she attacked does anyone know?

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

My uncle came from a wealthy family in South Dublin who supported him in everything, he was always cherished as the youngest, he got a PhD from Cambridge, got married to a physicist, moved to Heidelberg. She found work, he couldn't as his field of research was more specialised and he couldn't speak German well enough to get a job. He started drinking at home while she'd be out at work, she eventually left him and cut all ties.

He moved to Cork and ended up dying alone in an bedsit near Tivoli at the age of 37, surrounded by empty vodka bottles.

I always think of his story when I have to tell myself to calm down and start taking things more seriously. Can happen to anyone.

Rest In Peace to your uncle Merch.
What a waste. Obviously an intelligent man who had all of life's advantages really.

 

[markyboy]

Why was she attacked does anyone know?

Why hasn’t anyone been charged or arrested?

 

[Heraldo]

RIP

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Why hasn’t anyone been charged or arrested?

The whole thing has been very strange. Very little coverage about it or any arrests. You'd think enough people saw what happened for it to be an easy enough one for the Gardai

 

[El Guapo]

The whole thing has been very strange. Very little coverage about it or any arrests. You'd think enough people saw what happened for it to be an easy enough one for the Gardai

They had a bit on the news last night. Kindness Krew had a bit of a vigil and Vanessa O'callaghan's sisters were there.

The sisters said She was a mother of 3, and that when another brother died an addiction took hold so I presume drugs.

The news reporter said gardai had taken a load of statements and were reviewing CCTV.

 

[flyingspud]

The whole thing has been very strange. Very little coverage about it or any arrests. You'd think enough people saw what happened for it to be an easy enough one for the Gardai

The homeless community would be going to the same penny dinners and soup kitchens week after week would know each other by name or to see at the very least you would think? Are the guards not treating it with urgency because it's "only" a homeless person?