Tributes have poured in for a tragic mother-of-two after her death at her home in north Dublin this week.
Anna Mooney, née Shupikova, 46, was discovered in the kitchen of the house at Kilbarrack Road in Raheny with suspected stab wounds in the early hours of Thursday morning. She was pronounced dead a short time later.
Anna is understood to be originally from Ukraine but had married in Ireland where she has been living for up to 20 years.
The 46-year-old has been remembered as a "kind and bubbly" woman as well as a "wonderful mother" by those who knew her.
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One woman wrote on Twitter: "I had the privilege of working with Anna. She was kind, bubbly, friendly, very smart & loved by everyone. Most importantly she was a wonderful mother to her children & a great daughter to her mother who is wheelchair bound & lives in Ukraine. It's sad on so many levels. RIP Anna x"
Her death notice on Rip.ie says: "The death has occurred of Anna Mooney (née Shupikova) Kilbarrack Road, Raheny and formerly of Robswall, Malahide and late of the Rotunda Hospital. 15th June 2023."
The death notice reads that Anna will be "very sadly missed by her adored daughter Nicole and son Ivan, mother Ludmilla, father Alexander, brother Anton and his wife Katya, cousins Tanya and Alexander, sister-in-law Linda, brothers-in-law Ken and Desmond, nieces Avelina, Antonia and Alina, nephew Tadhg, uncle Vladimir, aunt Lyudmila, extended family, neighbours, her colleagues at the Rotunda Hospital and a wide circle of friends."
It states that her funeral arrangements will be announced later. Stephen Mooney, 51, of Kilbarrack Road, Raheny in Dublin 5, has been charged with her murder.
He appeared before Dublin District Court on Friday and was remanded in custody to Cloverhill prison to appear before Cloverhill District Court next Tuesday via video link.
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