The Catholic Church in Australia has apologised after a priest said murdered Irishwoman Jill Meagher would have been "home in bed" the night she was killed had her religious faith been stronger.

An Australian court has found the man who raped and murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher in 2012 guilty of the rape of three other women.

Jill Meagher’s husband Tom reflects on how men become rapists, says Claire O’Sullivan

The husband of the late Jill Meagher has broken his silence about his wife’s death, penning a powerful article for the White Ribbon Campaign.

An Australian court of appeal has said the rapist who killed Jill Meagher deserved the "sternest" sentence possible.

The man who raped and murdered Irishwoman Jill Meagher in Australia has lost his bid to have his sentence reduced.

A scathing review of a parole system in Australia has criticised a decision to set a “recidivist serious, violent, sexual offender” loose months before he killed Irishwoman Jill Meagher.

The widower of an Irishwoman who was raped and murdered in Australia almost a year ago is to return home to “clear his head”.

The Mayor of the Australian town where Irish journalist Jill Meagher was murdered says they would like to build a memorial to her.

The memory of Jill Meagher will live on and future generations will be told, “she was the best and someone to look up to”.

The husband of murdered Jill Meagher says the man who raped and murdered his wife is “unrepentantly evil”.

A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Irish woman that outraged Australia’s second-largest city.

Every now and then something terrible happens to challenge long-accepted, core beliefs of society.

Jill Meagher made her ill father promise he would live to run around with her children.

Even Adrian Bayley himself told police he should never have been let out of jail.

Victoria’s premier says the government has moved to change parole laws so a case similar to Jill Meagher’s murder does not happen again.

An Australian based journalist said that a statement read out by the father of Jill Meagher in court in Melbourne earlier today-was particularly harrowing for all concerned.

An uncle of murdered Drogheda woman Jill Meagher has said that no words can describe the consequences of her death.

The man who raped and murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher in Australia was on parole for other rapes at the time.

Adrian Earnest Bayley will be sentenced for the rape and murder of Irish journalist Jill Meagher in Australia next Wednesday, June 19.

A man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of an Irish woman he attacked as she walked home from a bar in Australia’s second largest city.

A 41 year old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher in Melbourne last September.

The man accused of raping and murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher, in Australia last September, has appeared in court in Melbourne.

The man accused of the rape and murder of Drogheda native Jill Meagher in Melbourne Australia - will contest the charges.

Family and friends of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher have said an emotional goodbye at her funeral in Melbourne.

Friends and family of Jill Meagher have spoken of her unique personality and her passion for life in a moving funeral ceremony in Melbourne.

The mother of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher has thanked the public for their support.

In Australia, more than 10,000 people have marched in Melbourne to pay their respects to murdered Irishwoman Jill Meagher.

A 41-year-old man is expected to be charged in connection with the disappearance of Jill Meagher in Melbourne later this evening.

Police in Australia have arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of Louth woman Jill Meagher.

Australian TV is reporting that a 41-year-old Melbourne man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Jill Meagher.

A man captured on CCTV footage in Australia, which also shows the last-known images of missing Irish woman Jill Meagher, has urged others on the camera footage to come forward.

Police in Australia have no suspects at this stage after the disappearance of Jill Meagher, who has been missing in Melbourne since the early hours of Saturday morning.

Detectives in Australia have appealed to six people to come forward as they continue the search for Jill Meagher.

Australian police investigating the disappearance of Irish woman Jill Meagher have visited her Melbourne home for a second time.