An inquest into the death of 24-year-old Grainne Dillon has ruled that she met her death by murder.
The finding is in accordance with the medical evidence and the decision of the Central Criminal Court which conducted the trial into her death.
Ms Dillon, who worked as night manager at Jurys Inn hotel in Limerick, died after she was shot three times at the hotel in the early hours of 5 January 2002.
Her former work colleague, Portuguese national Paulo Nascimento, is serving a life sentence after he pleaded guilty to her murder.
Earlier today, the inquest held in Limerick heard Ms Dillon bled to death. It was told she had been left in 'apparent agony' after being shot in the chest, and then shot twice in the pelvis.
Former State Pathologist, Dr John Harbison, said the superficial shot in the chest would have immobilised her, but it was the shots to her groin area which killed her.
Inquest hears from Inspector
Inspector John Scanlon, who investigated the murder, said that Nascimento initially forced Ms Dillon into the kitchen of the hotel and shot her at point blank range in the chest, leaving her in apparent agony while he robbed the hotel.
He then moved her into a store in the hotel where he sat her in a chair and shot her twice again in the groin and pelvis area.
It was also his opinion that when Nascimento was arrested later that day he was on his way to the city's railway station to flee the jurisdiction.
Addressing the inquest, Ms Dillon's father Michael said because of Nascimento's guilty plea, they never knew the details of their daughter's final hours.
He believed Jurys failed to provide a safe place of work for his daughter, and he hoped the proceedings would ensure this would not happen to another young woman who worked on night duty.
