Irish police investigating the primary school teacher's death have since arrested a man aged 30 on suspicion of murder.
Her death has intensified the debate around women’s safety and prompted calls for more to be done to tackle gender-based violence.Huge crowds line the street for Ashling Murphy's funeral
Schoolchildren provided a guard of honour outside the church prior to the funeral. A number of children also held fiddles and tin whistlesFloral tributes and candles surround a photograph or Ashling Murhpy. Parish priest Michael Meade told mourners that Ashling’s family has been “robbed of your most precious gift”.
Mourners walk beside the hearse as the cortege arrives at St Brigid's Church, Mountbolus, Co Offaly, for the funeral of Ashling Murphy, who was murdered in Tullamore, Co Offaly last Wedensday. 23-year-old Ashling, a primary school teacher and a talented musician, was found dead after going for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore. Picture date: Tuesday January 18, 2022.Amy Murphy described Ashling as the “light of our lives and the heart of our family”.
Officers have asked members of the public whether they saw this man walking in the Tullamore area, or if they gave the man a lift last Wednesday evening.
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