A man has been charged over the death of primary school teacher Ashling Murphy in Ireland.

Ms Murphy, 23, was attacked while out exercising beside a canal in Tullamore, County Offaly, last Wednesday.

A man aged in his 30s has been charged after being arrested on Tuesday.

Police have not yet said what he had been charged with.

He will appear before a special sitting of Tullamore District Court tonight at 8.15pm.

A second man arrested in connection with Ms Murphy’s death has been released without charge.

On Tuesday, large crowds gathered in the village of Mountbolus and outside St Brigid’s Church, where her funeral was held.

Ashling Murphy: Second man arrested by police in probe into primary school teacher’s murder

Ashling Murphy: Man arrested over murder of primary school teacher

Ashling Murphy: Funeral held for murdered primary school teacher ‘who made a difference’

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Mourners included Irish president Michael D Higgins and Irish premier Micheal Martin.

Vigils have been held across Ireland and the world to remember Ms Murphy and to call for a change in tackling gender-based violence. A crowd of around 40 people walked along the canal today, to mark one week since her murder.

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