29-year-old Scarlett died last Monday after her life support was turned off at Cork University Hospital, three weeks after she was allegedly attacked outside Birdhill village, north Co Tipperary.

Mourners paid their respects at the 29-year-old Limerick mother’s removal, held at Cross’s Funeral Home, Limerick City, where loved ones erected life-sized gold coloured framed images of the mother-of-one.

Faulkner’s family released balloons into the sky in her memory yesterday, Wednesday, three weeks after she suffered critical injuries sustained when she was allegedly beaten about her head with an iron bar at the side of a roadway.

Scarlett Faulkner died on Monday after she was taken off life support at Cork University Hospital last Sunday.

The young mother in her 20s was taken off life support at Cork University Hospital on Sunday and died on Monday, surrounded by her family. 

The family of Scarlett Faulkner said a decision to take her off hospital life-support had been delayed

A 16-year old girl struck Limerick woman Scarlett Faulkner 11 times on her head with an iron bar, a special weekend court sitting heard Saturday night

The assault on Scarlett Faulkner occurred on the R494 at Birdhill on Saturday, March 21st.

Scarlett Faulkner, aged in her 20s, from the northside of Limerick city, was viciously beaten by individuals armed with weapons

The victim, named locally as Scarlett Faulkner, 20s, was found by emergency services with catastrophic head injuries on the side of the R494 at Birdhill.