A murder inquiry has begun in Ennis, Co Clare, after the discovery of the body of a 19-year-old woman last night.
The body of Ms Lorraine O’Connor was found by a friend in a flat in Brewery Lane, Fergus Row, in the town at about 8.30 p.m. The scene was sealed off overnight for a Garda technical examination.
It is understood Ms O'Connor had been strangled.
A friend alerted the Garda after she visited the flat and found the body in the bedroom. It is not known who was living in the flat.
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On Sunday the O'Connor family had notified Garda that she was missing from home, a garda spokeswoman said.
The Assistant State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, has carried out a post mortem and the results will be known later.