{"id":134309,"date":"2025-11-11T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/134309\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:02:09","slug":"tributes-pour-in-for-irishwoman-who-died-in-fatal-accident-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/134309\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes pour in for Irishwoman who died in fatal accident in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">It is understood the late Claire Cullen had been attending a wedding when she was involved in a fatal accident involving a car.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Claire Cullen of Riverchapel in Gorey, Co Wexford, is understood to have been in the Dominican Republic attending a wedding when she was involved in a fatal accident involving a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that they will not comment on individual cases, but confirmed they are providing assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">&#8220;The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of this case and is providing consular assistance. The Department does not comment on the details of individual cases,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The late Claire Cullen.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762880529_411_43c9d6a4-1870-48b9-b70b-efaee9622694.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">The late Claire Cullen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">News in 90 Seconds &#8211; Tuesday, November 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">An accomplished hairdresser with her own at home salon called Eden Hair Design, Claire will be sadly missed by her husband Ronan, her three children and her extended family and friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Paying tribute to his wife on Facebook, Ronan explained that he would be stepping back from his successful flooring business to spend time with his family during this challenging time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">&#8220;My beautiful wife Claire was tragically killed in an accident. We&#8217;re all devastated and trying to come to terms with it. She was my everything and I adored everything about her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">He added that they were very grateful for all the kind words and messages they have received in recent days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Her brother Paul O\u2019Brien also described how the whole community was affected by her loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">&#8220;She was the heartbeat of two families. She protected me from so much harm when I was young, she was just everything to do many people. She wasn\u2019t just loved, she was needed. The whole community will be lost without her. Claire, I\u2019ll miss you forever, we all will,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Another local in the area who had worked with her for a number of years said that the community is \u201cdevastated\u201d by the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">&#8220;It is just devastating and we are all affected by it and we are sending all our prayers to her family. She was a fantastic hairdresser and a very social person. She was the life of the party, just a gorgeous and kind person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">I response to Ronan\u2019s post about Claire\u2019s death, one mourner wrote: \u2018She was so beautiful and always went above and beyond for everyone. She will be forever marked on so many hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Another tribute read: \u201cClaire did my hair for years and she absolutely adored you and her boys. A gorgeous person taken way too soon. Thinking of you all at this very difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A further tribute read: \u201cI have no words for your Ronan, only she was beautiful inside and out. You could tell how much she adored you and her boys. Heartbroken for you all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is understood the late Claire Cullen had been attending a wedding when she was involved in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6354,6358,61,60,6357,43,6355,6356],"class_list":["post-134309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-namelatest-news-ticker","tag-brandsindependent-ie","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ishiddentrue","tag-news","tag-sluglatest-news-ticker","tag-uuidec10736b-5a64-4120-bbf6-88154ac15f82"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}