Ashling Murphy: thousands pay last respects to teacher killed in Ireland

Bishop laments disrespect for human life' at funeral of 23-year-old attacked while out jogging in Tullamore

A depraved act of violence took the life of the talented and admired Ashling Murphy but such disrespect for human life" must not be allowed to take root in communities, mourners at the funeral of the murdered schoolteacher were told.

The bishop of Meath, Tom Deenihan, said nobody should die like the 23-year-old did when attacked and strangled last Wednesday while jogging. No family like Ashling's should suffer as they do now," he said.