A 25-year-old Galway man has been charged with the murder of a 23-year-old woman in the city.
Patrick Hogan of Father Griffin Avenue, Salthill in Galway was charged at a special sitting of Galway District Court this morning with the murder of Karen Guinee of the same address.
The murder is alleged to have taken place between 9pm on Saturday and around 6.50am yesterday at Father Griffin Avenue.
Det Sgt Willie Byrne gave evidence of arresting Mr Hogan at 9.55am yesterday and said he formally charged and cautioned him at 10pm last night.
Judge Mary Fahy remanded the accused in custody to appear at Harristown Court on 16 June.
It is understood Ms Guinee was originally from Co Cork and had recently graduated from university.
Gardaí have confirmed that following a post mortem on the body of Ms Guinee by the State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, the cause of her death was manual strangulation.
