Limerick victim of dog attack to be laid to rest next week
Nicole Morey died on Tuesday night in a fatal dog attack at her rented home
THE VICTIM of a harrowing dog attack is to be laid to rest on Monday, June 10.
Nicole Morey tragically died on the day of her 23rd birthday, at a house she was renting between Ballyneety and Fedamore.
It's understood that Nicole's own XL Bully dog attacked her.
The dog was killed on Tuesday night, after the attack on Nicole, by a member of the Regional Armed Response Unit.
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Nicole, originally from Bawnmore View in Crossagalla, recently lost her grandparents Patrick O'Donnell and Marie Morey.
She's deeply mourned by her mother Lisa, father Patrick, step-parents Joseph and Nicola, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents Gerry Morey and Teresa O'Donnell and wider extended family.
A vigil was held in Nicole's memory last night (Thursday, June 6) in which hundreds of balloons were released.
Nicole will repose at Cross's Funeral Home on Gerald Griffin Street on Saturday, June 8, from 2pm until 4pm.
The funeral cortege will arrive at the Holy Family Church in Southill on Monday, June 10 for requiem Mass at 11am with funeral afterwards to Mount St Oliver Cemetery.
Nicole's family have asked that the family home remain private while they grieve.