Ashling Murphy, a primary schoolteacher, was strangled on a canal path near the town of Tullamore while out jogging last Wednesday afternoon. Her funeral was held on Tuesday.
Murphy, a primary schoolteacher, was strangled on a canal path near the town of Tullamore while out jogging last Wednesday afternoon. Her funeral was held on Tuesday.
Irish media reported that the man who was arrested was being treated for injuries in a Dublin hospital, and that authorities judged that he had recovered sufficiently to face questions. Police said they had arrested a man “on suspicion of murder” and that they had no further comment.
Murphy’s death convulsed Ireland and led to vigils attended by tens of thousands of people in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, London and New York over the weekend.
The arrest was made after police renewed an appeal for information, saying “significant progress” had been made with their investigation. Police asked anyone who saw a man dressed in a black tracksuit top with no hood, black tracksuit bottoms with a large white stripe or white writing on the side to come forward.
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