Female jogger killed in Tullamore (MOD NOTE IN OP)

Unbelievable. What a needless waste of a life. I don’t know what’s wrong with some people. May that lady rest in peace & thoughts to her family also.

Jesus 4 o'clock.

My heart goes out to her family. Rip.

Absolutely horrendous to think that a life can be taken like this. Young woman out exercising.

Appears that the killer and the victim not known to each other. Just shows you how dangerous a world we live in.

It's not just murder they are worried about

What makes this worse is that there will be a huge outcry for a couple of weeks about our “streets being unsafe to walk on in broad daylight” etc etc and then it will fade away and nothing will be done. Mental Health Services are currently non existent.

There are people wandering around tonight in every part of Ireland literally deranged with mental illness who should be being cared for in a place where they aren’t a danger to either themselves or others.

But nothing will be done.

Cant imagine the shock and heartache the family are feeling now, just out jogging, poor women so young, RIP.

I’m hoping it was very sudden and quick. To think she suffered and was terrified is desperate.

RIP

Condolences to family and friends.

Strange to mention she was a young professional?

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I’m from the locality and while I didn’t know the woman personally I know both her father and her brother. A very well respected family and as names come out over the next few days I’m sure there will be plenty of people here from about mid 30’s up that will know of her father.

I can assure you that you are right in saying she was a valuable member of society. A very dedicated teacher by all accounts along with teaching Irish music to kids in her spare time and very involved in a lot of local activities.

It’s an absolute tragedy that something like this could happen in broad daylight and as said by a previous poster “May she rest in peace and that bsatard rot in the pit of hell.”

What does a jogger even have to mug these days?! Phones aren't even seen as having value any more. Absolutely shocking. Even scarier to think it's possible no motive was there at all

I certainly agree with that and I hope my post above hasn’t come across as anything that would suggest otherwise.

I can also say if there’s any family in the country that wouldn’t view themselves as being better than or above anyone else it’s her family.

30 young children going to turn up at a school tomorrow. The teacher who looked afrer them the day before, said goodbye and waited for them all to leave wont be there to greet them in the morning. Where do you even start to explain to them. Heart breaking for everyone involved. Poor girl.

There are no words to describe the tragedy of this.

RIP and heartfelt empathy for her, the family, friends and students.

RIP to the young lady, a life snuffed out and a future unlived. May her family and friends find her memory some solace in the awfulness of their grief.

The Irish Independent has named the murder victim as Ashling Murphy aged 22 who was out jogging on a walkway which was in memory missing woman Fiona Pender along the Grand Canal in Tullamore.

My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.

Teacher Ashling (22) found beaten to death in random attack beside Tullamore canal - Independent.ie