Murder investigation as woman, 43, found dead in Westmeath

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 43-year-old woman in Co Westmeath at the weekend.

It is understood that the body of the woman, who has been named locally as Brigid Maguire, was found by her teenage daughter at their home in the village of Ballynacargy on Saturday at around 9:30pm.

Emergency services were notified and gardaí subsequently sealed off the house for examination. The remains of the woman, who was the mother of two teenage children, were removed to the Midlands Regional Hospital in nearby Mullingar.