{"id":398719,"date":"2026-04-14T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/398719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:03:07","slug":"scarlett-faulkner-to-be-laid-to-rest-on-friday-following-alleged-tipperary-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/398719\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Faulkner to be laid to rest on Friday following alleged Tipperary assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Limerick mother Scarlett Faulkner, who died after suffering catastrophic head injuries in an alleged assault last month, is to be laid to rest on Friday, her family said.<\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Faulkner, 29, from Longpavement Halting Site, Limerick, died Monday, surrounded by members of her family, after she was taken off life support at Cork University Hospital last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Faulkner\u2019s brother, Martin Anthony Faulkner, posted his late sister\u2019s funeral arrangements online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRIP sister Scarlett love you forever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Faulkner\u2019s remains will repose at Cross\u2019s Funeral Home, Gerald Griffin Street, Limerick, from 2-4pm, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Her funeral mass will take place at 11am at St Munchin\u2019s Church, Limerick on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Faulkner will be laid to rest at Meelick cemetery, Co Clare.<\/p>\n<p>Her sister, Victoria Faulkner, said: \u201cYou&#8217;re at peace now sister, I don&#8217;t know how I will ever live without you&#8230;you were always the best big sister to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A message posted by Joanne Duffy, partner of Scarlett Faulkner\u2019s brother, Thomas Faulkner, said: \u201cWhat a warrior, RIP my beautiful sister in law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A friend said in reply: \u201cRIP Beautiful Angel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed said their investigation into Scarlett Faulkner\u2019s assault and subsequent death was \u201congoing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Coroner has been notified. A post-mortem examination will take place in due course,\u201d said a Garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Family Liaison Officer has been assigned to support the family of the deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs two persons are currently charged before the courts, An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is not making any further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 16-year old girl is before the courts charged with assault causing serious harm to Scarlett Faulkner outside the village of Birdhill, north county Tipperary, on March 21st last.<\/p>\n<p>The girl is alleged to have been a passenger in a car that had allegedly pursued and rammed a van in which Scarlett Faulkner and a man were traveling in on the R494, on the afternoon in question.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/man-40s-charged-in-connection-with-fatal-waterford-assault-as-victim-named-1887019.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/man-40s-charged-in-connection-with-fatal-waterford-assault-as-victim-named-1887019.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-49405342.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Man (40S) Charged In Connection With Fatal Waterford Assault As Victim Named\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Man (40s) charged in connection with fatal Waterford assault as victim named<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court heard that Scarlett Faulkner ran from the van and she was allegedly pursued on foot by the teenage girl and allegedly struck across her head with an iron bar at least 11 times.<\/p>\n<p>A 40-year old woman, who allegedly drove the car allegedly involved, is charged with endangerment, violent disorder and burglary.<\/p>\n<p>The two accused females cannot be identified by order of Limerick District Court judge Carol Anne Coolican.<\/p>\n<p>Both accused have been remanded to appear before Tipperary District Court, on April 23rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Limerick mother Scarlett Faulkner, who died after suffering catastrophic head injuries in an alleged assault last month, is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-398719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398719","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=398719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}