Hundreds gather for Galway vigil for Ashling Murphy

Floral tributes at a vigil attended by hundreds in Galway city centre for Ashling Murphy (Roisin Nic Lochlainn/PA)

Hundreds of people gathered in Galway city centre on Thursday night for a vigil in memory of Ashling Murphy.

Ms Murphy, a 23-year-old primary school teacher in Tullamore, was killed on Wednesday afternoon along the banks of the Grand Canal at Cappincur in Co Offaly.