Police investigating the death of Ashling Murphy have arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of her murder.
Ms Murphy, 23, was found dead after going for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly, at around 4pm on Wednesday 12 January.
Police have said the man who was detained is being held at the Tullamore Garda Station.
The arrest comes after the Ms Murphy’s was remembered as a “woman who made a difference, who brought happiness and who was loved” during her funeral mass at St Brigid’s Church in Mountbolus.
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