Lawyers had objected to use of confession to gardaí two days after stabbing, saying Puska was under influence of painkiller
Ashling Murphy
Jozef Puska was last year convicted of murdering Ashling Murphy in Tullamore in 2022
Durrow National School recalls ‘beautiful, kind, loving and excellent teacher’ with a Mass in Durrow, Co Offaly
Priest says tragedy ‘will never end’ for family of murdered 23-year-old Offaly teacher
Women still face a spectrum starts with an almost concealed disdain, a certain contempt, an ingrained prejudice, and runs all the way to violent hatred
Trials told of brutal attacks on schoolteacher Ashling Murphy and Donegal mother Jasmine McMonagle by their respective killers
Two of Puska’s brothers facing same charge and have been sent forward for trial along with Lucia Istokova
Mandatory life sentence means advising a guilty plea to murder is the ‘last thing’ most criminal lawyers would do, says solicitor
Fine Gael leader’s comments come in the wake of remarks by Mr Justice Tony Hunt at the sentencing of Jozef Puska for the murder of Ashling Murphy
There is still much to do in changing the culture of ambiguity towards gender-based violence but there are also concrete steps which can and should be taken
Ashling’s boyfriend Ryan Casey speaks about losing his closest and best friend in his victim impact statement
Gardaí suspect Jozef Puska set out to sexually attack a woman in or around Tullamore but motive will never be proven
Amy Murphy said her sister’s pink fiddle case ‘now lies at home covered in dust’ after her murder
Urgent improvement needed in legislation, the courts and in schools, says Council of Europe
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