Efforts under way to return body of killed Longford woman to Ireland

The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust is helping to return the body of Longford woman Sarah McNally to Ireland after she was killed in the US.

The 41-year-old was stabbed in the neck in a pub where she was working in Queens, New York, on Saturday evening. She was was pronounced dead soon after.

Police suspect she was killed by a person known to her in a targeted attack. Sarah is from Longford town and moved to the US around 10 years ago. Local TD Joe Flaherty says she was highly regarded at home and New York.