BREAKING NEWS: Man charged with fatal assault of Limerick woman

Gardai have arrested and charged a man as part of their investigation into the fatal attack on a woman in a residential building in Rathkeale two years ago.

The man, in his fifties, is due to appear before Limerick District Court this Tuesday morning.

Garida in Limerick began investigations after a woman was discovered with serious injuries in a residential building in Rathkeale on Tuesday 19 July 2022.

Louise Muckell, in her mid-50s, was found at a property in Cois Deel, Rathkeale, at around 8.30pm that evening.

She was admitted to University Hospital Limerick where she died on Wednesday 20 July.

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The crime scene at Cois Deel, Rathkeale, was secured and a technical examination was carried out.

The results of an autopsy by Dr Margaret Bolster, State Pathologist, determined the course of the Garda investigation.

Ms Muckell was considered a “talented” music teacher who taught at the former Sisters of Mercy secondary school in Rathkeale and trained under the late Irish soprano Veronica Dunne.