'Praying for a miracle': Family give update on condition of assault victim Scarlett Faulkner

The family of Limerick's Scarlett Faulker have issued an update on her health.

Scarlett, 29, from the northside of Limerick city, was viciously beaten by individuals armed with weapons at the side of the R494 road in Birdhill on Saturday evening.

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The vehicle she was travelling in was rammed off the road before she was dragged from the vehicle and attacked.

Josephine (Joanne) Duffy, the partner of Scarlett's brother Thomas, revealed in a video posted on social media that Scarlett went for a brain scan on Tuesday morning.

"The doctors will speak to her parents with the results of the brain scan and what will be next," she said.

She explained that the family are "so stressed,"so worried and "heartbroken."

"They're hoping for the best, they got bad news. They're praying, they want a miracle," she continued, prior to the results of the brain scan.

"Everyone is praying, everyone is lighting candles and a 100 million, million per cent we appreciate every prayer, every candle that was lit. They appreciate that so much. They know that everyone is praying.

"All the messages everyone is sending, all the love, all the candles everyone is sending, don't think they're not noticing it," said Josephine. "They're noticing it and they're very appreciative of it."

In a separate post Josephine wrote: "They will try reduce the sedation the next few days and please God she will have movement and some brain activity so thank you all so much and please continue to pray. It's more than needed at the time."

In the video post Josephine also clarified that the family was never involved in a feud.

"This family have never feuded with anyone in their lives. They're respectable, quiet people, stick to themselves and they never get involved in any of this kinds of feuds.

"We don't know exactly what happened or why it happened," she went on. "No one knows that exactly as of yet... the guards are trying to find out. It's left in the guards hands for now. We do hope that everyone that was involved will be brought to justice which I'm sure they will be because the videos are there, plain to see," she added.

Josephine appealed to people not to post any photos or videos relating to the incident on social media.

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"The videos and the photos that are going around are really, really upsetting and distressing for the family to see. People are sending them, they're clicking into it, they didn't realise what it was."

Josephine continued: "That's their sister lifeless on the ground being savagely attacked... Someone went in, took a photo of her in intensive care and posted that photo of her which obviously no one wanted anyone to see.

"Scarlett or her family have never been in a feud and we're very happy that you're all praying and thank you all for your prayers and if you can still keep praying... that they get the good news that they want and they're hoping for."

"She's an innocent young girl, a little baby at home waiting for her and she's now fighting for her life and it's not looking good for her so we just want all the prayers."

Her comments come a day after Love Hate star John Connors issued an appeal for Travellers to step back from feuds.

"I want to ask people to pray for that woman and hopefully she pulls through and is in good health when she comes out of it too, please God."

John added: "The traveller feuds are getting out of hand... We're destroying our own community, look at me, I'm a walking, talking hypocrite sinner. I've been involved in feuds myself."

"We need to stop this, we need to stop killing ourselves up and down the country, videoing it all, putting it all on camera... We need to stop the violence, we need to stop the feuding."

Limerick professional boxer Paddy Donovan also issued an appeal for prayers for his cousin Scarlett, saying that she is "fighting for her life."