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A man in his 50s has died following a road crash in Co Offaly. Shortly after noon on Monday, emergency services responded to the single-vehicle collision at Killaderry, Daingean. The driver died a short time later. The road at Killaderry was closed ...

10 Feb 2025 at 19:24

National News

Murder accused ‘told friend he’d been in a fight’, court hears

A school bus driver has told a court that the man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy arrived at his home looking scared and wet on the same day she was killed. The court heard from the man that Jozef Puska arrived at his home in Tullamore and ...

24 Oct 2023 at 18:00

National News

Teenager arrested after woman found dead in Co Offaly

A teenage boy has been arrested after a woman in her 40s was found dead following a violent incident in Co Offaly. Gardai responded at approximately 1pm to reports of an incident at a residential property in a rural area outside of Tullamore, ...

29 Sept 2023 at 17:52

National News

Bus driver tells court he drove accused home on day Ashling Murphy was killed

A Co Offaly school bus driver has told a court that he drove the man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy home on the same day she was killed. Rostislav “Peter” Pokuta, a Slovak national who has been living in Ireland since 2006, said he knew ...

24 Oct 2023 at 13:54

National News

‘Erratic fluctuation of Fitbit data’ minutes before Ashling Murphy’s death

There was an “erratic” fluctuation of smartwatch Fitbit data minutes before Ashling Murphy’s death, a court has heard. Ms Murphy, 23, was killed while out exercising along a canal path in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on January 12 last year. Jozef ...

24 Oct 2023 at 16:39

National News

Woman who died in Co Offaly incident was ‘gifted and warm’, funeral told

A woman who died in a violent incident at a house in Co Offaly was gifted and warm with a smile that lit up everywhere she went, her funeral has heard. Mourners gathered in Tullamore on Thursday to say farewell to Lorna Kearney who died ...

12 Oct 2023 at 16:22

National News

Person in hedge ‘kicking hard in cry for help’, Ashling Murphy murder trial told

A woman who was running in the area where Irish teacher Ashling Murphy was killed said she saw a man in a hedgerow who seemed to be crouched over a person who was kicking out “like she was crying out for help”, a court has heard. Ms ...

18 Oct 2023 at 19:03

National News

Man crouched in ditch told witness ‘get away’, Ashling Murphy murder trial hears

A woman who was in the area where Irish teacher Ashling Murphy was killed said she saw a man in a hedge who appeared to be crouched over someone who was kicking out “like she was crying out for help”, a court has heard. She said ...

18 Oct 2023 at 15:09

National News

Accused told gardai ‘I did it’ days after Ashling Murphy death, court told

A man accused of the murder of an Irish schoolteacher last year told gardai “I did it” days after her death, a jury has been told. In the opening day of the trial, the Dublin court was told that Ashling Murphy had been stabbed ...

17 Oct 2023 at 17:25

National News

Family says ‘monster’ subjected Ashling Murphy to incomprehensible violence

The family of murdered Irish schoolteacher Ashling Murphy has said she was subjected to incomprehensible violence by a “vicious monster”. It comes after Jozef Puska was found guilty of murdering Ms Murphy. Ms Murphy, 23, was ...

09 Nov 2023 at 17:08

National News

Murder of ‘shining light’ Ashling Murphy caused shockwaves

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 ...

09 Nov 2023 at 14:53

National News

Teenage boy charged with murder of woman in Co Offaly

A teenage boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman in Co Offaly. The woman, aged in her 40s, died at a property in the county on Friday afternoon. The teenager, from Co Offaly, was arrested on ...

30 Sept 2023 at 23:50

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