Several hundred people gathered on Monday night to pay their respects to a 47-year-old mother who died sleeping rough in Dublin city centre.
READ MORE - Body of woman who was sleeping rough found in Dublin city centre - 'Ann was a lovely lady'Jackie Feeney, who got to know Ms Delaney when she first slept rough on Thomas Street said: “I sat with her here overnight at 11pm and we would have a chat and a coffee. A man went to buy her something in Tesco’s and when he came back out she was gone. She was still alive at 6am on Sunday. I live close by and haven’t been sleeping lately as my husband died last year.
From about 7pm people began to gather at where the floral tributes lay before the vigil began at 8pm. Scores of members of the public holding red and pink balloons in her memory released them as her favourite song, Crazy World by Aslan was played out over a sound system. Mr O’Reilly continued: “To see all of this support is just incredible. As a community and wider community, there are people here from all over. Ann was a gem, she was such a lovely lady.