{"id":346032,"date":"2026-03-14T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/346032\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:30:09","slug":"gardai-investigate-unexplained-death-in-ballincollig-as-woman-named-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/346032\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed investigate unexplained death in Ballincollig as woman named locally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garda\u00ed are investigating after the body of a woman was discovered in unexplained circumstances in a suburb of Cork city on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Emergency services responded to reports at a property in Innishmore Park in Ballincollig shortly after 5pm.<\/p>\n

The Cork-based mother, aged in her early 30s, is believed to have died a violent death. She has been named locally as Kelly Cremin.<\/p>\n

Her body will be taken to the mortuary at Cork University Hospital for an autopsy, which is expected to take place on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The results of the autopsy will determine the direction of the investigation.<\/p>\n

The scene has been sealed off while a Garda forensic team carries out a technical examination of the house.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed said investigations are ongoing and that a family liaison officer has been assigned to support the family.<\/p>\n

\" Flowers left at the scene. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Flowers have been left at the scene by friends and neighbours. Kelly Cremin grew up in Innishmore estate and has relatives in the Ballincollig area still, according to locals.<\/p>\n

The weekly Park Run in the local regional park was cancelled on Sunday morning as a mark of respect.<\/p>\n

Locals were still in shock following the discovery, with some saying it brought to mind the rape and killing of 22-year-old beautician Rachel Kiely in October 2000. She was also from Innishmore.<\/p>\n

Local priest Fr Ronan Sheehan said the death of a mother in such circumstances in the run up to Mother\u2019s Day is particularly poignant. He said she will be remembered at weekend Masses in the parish, adding that she attended Mass herself in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Colm Kelleher, a Fianna F\u00e1il councillor who lives in Ballincollig, said he heard sirens in the village after 5pm.<\/p>\n

“I’m hearing very early reports of a suspected murder in the village this evening. I’m absolutely shocked.<\/p>\n

“We’re not used to something like this in the village of Ballincollig.<\/p>\n

“I’m hearing very early, preliminary reports and I hope they’re untrue. But if it does transpire to be correct, my thoughts and prayers go to the person and the family in question.<\/p>\n

“If it does transpire to be true, it\u2019s very sad and I appeal to anyone with any information to contact garda\u00ed.”<\/p>\n

\" A Garda cordon remains in place at a house at Innishmore Park, Ballincollig Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Local Joe Lynch, a Sinn F\u00e9in councillor who lives in Innishmore, said he spent the evening with residents near the scene.<\/p>\n

Mr Lynch said the community had been left deeply shaken. \u201cIn the first instance, my thoughts go out to the victim and their family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a truly shocking incident, and it has caused major upset in what is a close, tight\u2011knit community.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a lifelong resident of the estate, I have spent the evening with friends and neighbours, and all I can say is that everyone here in Innishmore is shell\u2011shocked.”<\/p>\n

\" A Garda cordon remains in place at a house at Innishmore Park, Ballincollig Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses to come forward.<\/p>\n

Anyone who was in the Innishmore area of Ballincollig between 3pm on Thursday, March 12, and 5.30pm on Friday, March 13, and who may have camera footage \u2014 including home security or dashcam recordings \u2014 is asked to provide it to investigating garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact Togher Garda Station on 021 4947120, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are investigating after the body of a woman was discovered in unexplained circumstances in a suburb of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-346032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346032","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=346032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}