Gardaí investigating woman’s death in Limerick seek to trace man with bandaged hand

Gardaí are attempting to locate a man seen entering a shop with a bandaged hand as part of their investigation into the violent death of a woman in Limerick city.

Detectives have interviewed staff at the shop and removed a number of items from the premises, which is situated close to the scene of the fatal assault on the woman, who was in her 20s and originally from Romania.

It is understood that the man entered the shop with one of his hands wrapped in a makeshift bandage before washing his hands and leaving the premises.

Gardaí were keen to speak to the man in order to be able to rule him in or out of their inquiries.

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The woman’s body was discovered inside an apartment block on Dock Road, just off O’Curry Street, at around 1.30pm. Gardaí said the woman died in a “fatal assault” but they did not disclose specific details of her injuries. It is understood that she was stabbed.

A Garda forensic team conducted a technical examination of the scene and investigators called in the Office of the State Pathologist to perform a postmortem.

Appealing for witnesses a Garda spokesman asked anyone who had camera footage from the Dock Road and O’Curry street areas from 1pm-2pm to contact Henry Street Garda station on (061) 212400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.

Prayers were being said for the victim at the Redemptorist church, located a few streets away, on Tuesday night.

Fr Seamus Enright, rector of the religious order in Limerick, said: “We are horrified that such violence has come to our own community. We remember the young woman in our prayers and all those who are grieving for her, and we will be pray for her especially at Mass this evening and tomorrow.

“A death like this reminds us of how precious life is and how we must do everything we possibly can to protect and enhance life – and I’d appeal to anybody with information to co-operate with An Garda Síochána,” Fr Enright said.

The area is frequented by a sizeable migrant community. Local councillor Abul Kalam Azad Talukder urged people “to be careful”.

“If you see anything suspect just call to your local garda station, don’t hesitate. The Garda are always there helpful to us, and be united as a community.

“People in the area are very shocked. In the last five to 10 years this area has improved a lot. If you were talking about 10-15 years ago it was different but today there are a lot of young families, professional people, residing here.”

Limerick Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea said: “It’s an unspeakable tragedy. Death by violence is always a terrible tragedy, but it’s definitely worse when the person is young, in their 20s, with their whole life in front of them.

“There is a lot of cameras around the area so there could be some information available [to gardaí] so I would ask the public to co-operate fully to make sure there is a successful prosecution for this horrific crime.”