Emotional scenes as Cork gathers to honour memory of Ashling Murphy

In Cork, thousands of people turned out this morning at Cork's Atlantic Pond for a walk of the marina in memory of Ashling

The large crowd at the walk and vigil for Ashling Murphy at the Atlantic pond, Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A sea of people gathered this morning at the Atlantic Pond to remember Ashling Murphy, who was tragically killed while out running in Tullamore, Co Offaly earlier this week.

Members of the public, young and old, paid their respects to the 23-year-old teacher. The candles they laid at the base of a tree didn’t even flicker in the still morning air.