'It's beyond words for any of us' - Parish priest on Tullamore's grief over Ashling Murphy killing

Ashling Murphy. Picture: Kerry County Board of Comhaltas.

This week has been a horrific one for Tullamore parish and far beyond, parish priest Fr Joe Gallagher said on Saturday evening as he reflected on the murder of local teacher Ashling Murphy.

“The shock, the horror, the grief. Really it's beyond words for any of us. We are here this evening as people of faith, we pray together, we come to support one another and to remember Ashling's family,” he told churchgoers at Mass in the Church of the Assumption.