A man suspected of the murder of Mary Ward in Belfast was traced to Dublin when he topped up his mobile phone credit in a supermarket south of the Border.

The young mum reported she was a victim of a 'violent crime' to the PSNI in the weeks leading up to her murder

A 26 year old man was arrested by gardai in Dublin early on Wednesday on suspicion of the murder of Mary Ward. The man was arrested by detectives attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation,

The body of Ms Ward, 22, was found by police at her home in Melrose Street on 1 October.

Gardaí have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of Mary Ward in Belfast.Mary Ward, 22, was found dead at her home in Melrose Street in Belfast on Tuesday, October 1. She is believed to have last been seen alive on Wednesday,

A man believed to be a foreign national has been arrested by gardai in connection with the murder of Mary Ward in south Belfast earlier this month. The development came as Alliance Policing Board member Nuala McAllister called on PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher to meet the oversight body after his force referred itself to the Police Ombudsman over its dealings with murder victim Ms Ward before she was killed.

Police confirmed during a press conference on Wednesday that a 26-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Mary Ward. The suspect was arrested in Dublin earlier this afternoon by colleagues in An Garda Síochána.

A man has been arrested in Dublin on suspicion of murdering Mary Ward at her home in Belfast earlier this month.

A man has been arrested in Dublin in connection with the murder of Belfast woman Mary Ward. Ms Ward, 22, was found dead at her home in Melrose Street, Belfast on October 1. Gardaí have since confirmed that a man has been arrested in Dublin in connection with the murder of Ms Ward,

A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Dublin on suspicion of the murder of 22-year-old Mary Ward in south Belfast. Ms Ward, 22, was found dead by police at her home in Melrose Street on 1 October. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has since started a murder investigation.

The body of Ms Ward, 22, was found by police in Northern Ireland at her home in Melrose Street in Belfast on October 1. Three days later police formally determined that she had been murdered. She was last seen alive on Wednesday 25 September,