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Ashling Murphy was an Irish primary school teacher, traditional Irish musician, and camogie player who was murdered in January 2022 while walking on the towpath of the Grand Canal at Cappincur, outside Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. 31-year-old Slovak Romani father-of-five Jozef Puška, was arrested and charged with her murder. During his trial at Dublin's Central Criminal Court from 16 October to 9 November 2023, the jury heard evidence that he had attacked Ashling and dragged her off the towpath into an adjacent ditch, where he stabbed her multiple times in the neck with a serrated knife. Puška was sentenced to life imprisonment. In June 2025, following another trial at the Central Criminal Court, two of his brothers were convicted of withholding information from Gardaí and their wives were convicted of impeding the prosecution by destroying evidence. Puška's wife pleaded guilty in pre-trial hearings to withholding information. How many more lives will be lost to foreign individuals who have no business being in our countries?! July 6th Ashling should have been 27. Riamh Dearmad #ForAshling #IrishLivesMatter 🇮🇪