Man gets life for murder of Limerick widow Rose Hanrahan

Rose Hanrahan from Limerick was strangled in her home.

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for life for the murder of an elderly Limerick woman, whom he targeted in the supermarket, followed and later strangled in her home.

The father-of-two had ‘shoulder surfed’ 78-year-old Rose ‘Rosie’ Hanrahan, while the widow paid for groceries in December 2017, the day after he had arrived in Ireland. Alexandru Iordache left the country again a week later, but was tracked down through DNA he left behind.