Walkers no longer using Cork amenity as 'poor lighting makes it unsafe' 

Following the murder of Ashling Murphy, walkers and runners fear solar lights installed on a section of the former Crosshaven-Cork railway are too dim, making the area unsafe, councillors told

Roses placed on the bridge across the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly, where primary school teacher Ashling Murphy was found dead after going for a run last Wednesday afternoon. Picture: David Young/PA Wire

Some walkers and runners have stopped using a popular Cork amenity following the murder of Ashling Murphy over fears that the solar lights installed there are too dim, making the area unsafe.

The lights were installed on a section of the former Crosshaven-Cork railway a couple of years ago to reduce excessive light which could disturb wading birds in the estuary.