Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra: Funeral details for Irish woman found dead in New York to be announced this week

Sarah Slater

The funeral details of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, an Irish woman who was found dead on a boat in New York's Hamptons, are to be announced later this week.

The 33-year-old entrepreneur from Monacurragh, Co Carlow, worked in Ireland until 2015 before emigrating to the United States. She set up her own brand, East x East, a luxury brand for sunglasses, swimwear and resort wear for men and women.

She was also director of operations at investment firm K4 Capital and ran fashion brand Duper.

Ms Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead on a boat docked at a yacht club on Long Island in New York in the early hours of last Tuesday.

A man found her unconscious on the boat at Montauk Yacht Club at 12am local time on Tuesday and shouted for help. It is believed that two men on a nearby boat performed CPR on the Carlow woman.

The businesswoman was later pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services.

A postmortem has been carried out on her body by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office, which showed there were no visible signs of injury. Authorities said the postmortem results were inconclusive and are awaiting further test results to decide the direction of their investigation.

A police investigation into her death is being carried out by Suffolk County police detectives.

Her funeral details on the death notice website RIP.ie said she died “unexpectedly” on August 5th.

The notice read: “Beloved daughter of Elma, much loved sister of Jacqui, treasured granddaughter of Betty and Liam, cherished niece of John, Michelle, Barry and Mona and adored partner of Nick.”

It added: “She will be sadly missed by her loving mother and her mother's partner Patrick, sister, aunts, uncles, partner, her father Seamus, grandparents, extended family, relatives and her large circle of friends in Ireland and the US. Funeral arrangements will be published later in the week.”

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was aware of the case and is providing consular assistance.