Funeral details announced for Limerick dog attack victim Nicole Morey (23) as hundreds attend vigil

Ms Morey, a native of Limerick City, had returned to a home she was renting in Ballyneety, Co Limerick, around 11.30pm, last Tuesday night.

When she turned the keys in the door, she was attacked and killed by her four dogs.

Ms Morey will repose at Cross’s Funeral Home, Gerald Griffin Street, on Saturday from 2pm to 4pm. The funeral will take place on Monday at the Holy Family Church, Southill at 11am, followed by burial afterwards at the Mount St Oliver Cemetery.

Her death notice on RIP.ie said: “Very deeply regretted by her mother Lisa, father Patrick, stepparents Joseph and Nicola, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents Gerry Morey and Teresa O’Donnell, cousins, other relatives and her many friends.”

Meanwhile, a man who alerted emergency services about a fatal dog attack in which Nicole Morey died on Tuesday “did all he possibly could” to help her, sources have said.

The male had access to a security camera video feed of the scene of the attack, but was not at the scene, and was not physically able to assist Ms Morey who was attacked by her four dogs and killed.

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A memorial was held for Ms Morey on Thursday evening in Limerick city which was attended by hundreds of people, included a balloon release in her memory.

The vigil held Thursday evening in memory of Ms Morey at Bawnmore View, Crossagalla, Limerick, was attended by over 200 people.

Ms Morey’s sister, Jolene, led a countdown at the vigil before hundreds of coloured balloons were released into the sky as a selection of Ms Morey’s favourite songs were played on a loud speaker.

Members of Ms Morey’s family wept and comforted one another as neighbours and friends embraced them and each other under a canopy of multi-coloured balloons.

A source confirmed this Thursday evening that “all four” dogs were dogs that are included on a “restricted dog breeding list” and are all banned in the UK, however no such ban exists in the Republic of Ireland.

They also confirmed that “all four” dogs had been destroyed by the authorities today.

Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster has conducted a post mortem on the body of Ms Morey today and the autopsy results were “not being released for operational reasons”, although Gardaí did not suspect any foul play in respect of Ms Morey’s death.

The man who was alerted to the attack via a CCTV video feed had initially contacted the emergency services after being alerted to the attack.

After alerting 999, which in turn alerted Gardaí and paramedics, the male then shared the CCTV footage with the victim’s family – in order to alert them to the incident.

“The individual that had access to the (footage), and that saw the incident occur, was not in the vicinity of the house, and was largely helpless, so they contacted the emergency services first,” a source said.

The man shared the footage with the woman’s family only after contacting the emergency services.

The footage was widely shared thereafter by unknown parties, sparking a Garda appeal on Wednesday which requesting the public “not to share these videos, out of respect for the deceased”.

Today, Gardaí reiterated the appeal for people “not to share” the video footage.

Gardaí attached to the Regional Armed Support Unit (ASU) made the scene of Ms Morey’s death “safe” after they encountered four “aggressive dogs” there.

Gardaí shot one dog at this scene and restrained the other three which were taken into the custody of a dog warden, but were all later destroyed.

Despite valiant efforts by the emergency services to save Ms Morey, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gardaí are aware of speculation being spread around the circumstances of the fatal dog attack.

This speculation has not been helpful to the investigation and there was no evidence to suggest any foul play was involved, they said.

The investigation into Ms Morey’s death was continuing, led by Roxboro Road Garda Station (061–214340).

Ms Morey’s death has sparked fresh debate about whether dogs such as the XL Bully, which was suspected of being involved in her awful death, should be banned in Ireland.