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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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David Young

Murder of ‘shining light’ Ashling Murphy caused shockwaves

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Ashling Murphy was a talented teacher, musician and sportswoman whose life was cut brutally short beside Tullamore’s Grand Canal on a bright mid-winter day.

Wearing the top of her beloved GAA camogie club Kilcormac Killoughey, she had been out exercising that sunny January afternoon and had covered 3.2 km when she was randomly attacked by Jozef Puska, a man she had no past connection with.

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