Standing orders suspended at council meeting as a mark of respect to Ashling Murphy

Councillors at the monthly meeting of Offaly County Council have suspended standing orders for 10 minutes as a mark of respect to Ashling Murphy and her family. 

The school teacher was murdered along the grand canal last Wednesday as she was out for a run after work. 

A minute’s silence took place earlier at the meeting. Ashling Murphy’s funeral will take place tomorrow in Mountbolus.

Offaly has been left stunned by the murder and gardai are undertaking searches along the grand canal and in houses in Tullamore and Dublin. 

Gardai are hoping to question a man currently in hospital with serious  injuries.