The brother of a 38-year-old Indian woman who died a violent death in Cork last month has said he is "deeply humbled" by an outpouring of support which has facilitated the repatriation of her body back to her native country for a memorial service next week.
€25,000 was raised on an online page to pay for the transportation of the remains of Deepa Dinamani home.
The fund was also set up to assist her brother Ullas Dinamanito travel to Ireland and bring his five-year-old nephew back to India to be reunited with his grandparents.
Mr Dinamani said he wanted to thank the community in Cork from "the bottom of his heart" for what had been done for his family after his sister was found dead on 14 July at her home in Cardinal Court in Wilton on the southside of the city.
"Thank you to all of you for having us in your prayers. I am so grateful and I will never ever forget how the community joined hands and assisted a person from India in this difficult situation," he said.
"It is because of the hard work of many of you that I will be able to take my deceased sister and her son back to India where he will be able to perform the last rites of his mother."
Mr Dinamani also said the family were comforted by the actions of the Indian community in Cork, who held a candlelit vigil in the wake of his sister's death. He also praised the Rosa group who commemorated the death of his sister.
Ms Dinamani's 41-year-old husband, Regin Parithapara Rajan, is in custody charged her with her murder.
DPP directions are awaited in the case and Mr Rajan is due back in Cork District Court on 28 August.
Ms Dinamani had moved to Cork to April to begin work as a senior funds manager at Alter Domus in Cork Airport Business Park. She was a native of Kerala in southern India.
