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Ireland comes together to grieve Ashling Murphy

Ashling Murphy
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Ashling Murphy
The family of Ashling Murphy has been denied of their "most valuable gift", a priest said at her funeral.
A teacher
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A teacher
The 23-year-old teacher was killed on the banks of the Grand Canal outside Tullamore in the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday evening.
The country unites
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The country unites
A "depraved act of violence" has united the country in grief and support.
Exercising
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Exercising
It is said the elementary teacher and performer was out exercising when she was murdered.
Grieving
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Grieving
Grievers lined the road outside St Brigid's Church, Mount Bolus, in country County Offaly for the memorial service Mass, which was gone to by Irish President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin.
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