Gardaí in Longford are investigating the murder of a woman (37) who was found dead at a house in the town on Saturday.
She was named by gardaí today as Sharon Coughlan, of Greatwater Street, Longford. Ms Coughlan had worked as a barmaid in the Market Bar in the town.
A postmortem revealed the mother of two children died as a result of asphyxiation.
The woman's family reported her missing after they had not seen her for a number of days and were unable to contact her.