Schools across the country are to observe a minutes silence at 11 o'clock this morning as the funeral service of Ashling Murphy gets underway.
The 23 year old schoolteacher was murdered as she went for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore last Wednesday.
She'll be laid to rest after requiem mass in Mountbolus.
Large screens have been erected at the local GAA club to cater for the huge crowd of mourners that are expected to pay their respects, while Ashling's family have invited local musicians to play their instruments at the cemetery.
The investigation into Ashling's murder is continuing, and Irish Examiner reporter Liz Dunphy says there are a number of lines of inquiry being pursued.
"There was a bottle bank removed from a recycling facility about a kilometre away from where Ms Murphy was so tragically killed. Gardai may believe that there is something of evidential value in that.
"There a lot of moving pieces in this investigation at the moment. There have been a number of premises also searched in Offaly and Tullamore it's understood by Gardai in relation to the investigation, and some vehicles have also been seized."
