Irish Folks Go For Mob Justice! Try to Kill the man Who Murdered a Young Teacher in Broad Daylight

A man arrested in connection with the suspected murder of a young woman in Co Offaly is to face further questioning.

As reported in The Irish Times, the victim, who was from just outside Tullamore and aged 23, had been out jogging when she was fatally attacked on Wednesday afternoon. She was named locally as Ashling Murphy.

It is understood that another woman arrived on the scene and disturbed the attacker, with a second woman also arriving almost immediately.

Although emergency services were alerted and arrived quickly, Ms Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ms Murphy was well known in Tullamore as she worked as a primary school teacher and was also involved in the arts.

National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) counsellors will come to the school where she worked this morning.

A man, aged in his 40s, was arrested by local gardaí on Wednesday evening. He was being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, which allows for him to be interviewed for up to 24 hours without charge.

It is understood that the man who was arrested lives in the Tullamore area but is not originally from the area.