A senior Melbourne police chief has joined with Jill Meagher’s grieving husband in calling for people not to post anything on social media websites which might prejudice the trial of the man accused of killing her.

Police in Australia investigating the murder of Louth woman Jill Meagher have appealed to people to refrain from posting inappropriate comments on social media sites.

The family of Jill Meagher have released a statement describing their devastation after a 41-year-old man Adrian Ernest Bayley was charged with her rape and murder.

ABC Australia says 41-year-old Adrian Ernest Bayley has been charged with the rape and murder of missing Irish woman Jill Meagher.

A man is expected to be charged within hours with the rape and murder of an Irish woman missing in Australia.

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

Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation into the disappearance of an Irishwoman in Australia, police have said.

It has emerged that missing Irish woman Jill Meagher, who disappeared in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend, made a worried telephone call to her brother in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A sobbing Luke James Wentholt has been remanded in custody until Dec 18 for the murder of Dublin backpacker David Greene and for a vicious assault on David Byas at a Melbourne boarding house on Aug 26.

A man has been charged with the murder of an Irish backpacker who died in Melbourne following an alleged hammer attack.

An Irish backpacker who was seriously injured in an attack in Melbourne has died.

Two Irishmen remain in a critical condition in Australia after a horror hammer attack at a Melbourne hostel left them with life-threatening injuries.

Three young guys go on a massive spending spree, fuelled by drink, fraudulent credit card numbers and an insatiable thirst for living it up.

Three Australian teenagers are being investigated by police after reports a kangaroo was beaten and killed while they were at a school camp.

Lewis Hamilton has been charged with “intentional loss of control of a motor vehicle” following an incident on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix in March.

Lewis Hamilton has had his Mercedes road car impounded and is expected to be charged with improper use of a vehicle following an incident in Melbourne last night, Victoria Police have confirmed.

AUTHORITIES charged a man yesterday with lighting one of the wildfires that killed more than 180 people in Australia, and whisked him into protective custody to guard him from public fury.

A man charged with deliberately starting one of the wildfires that killed a total of more than 180 people in Australia had to be taken into protective custody to guard him from angry victims today.

Amer Delic has expressed his disappointment at the skirmishes which followed his loss to defending champion Novak Djokovic in the third round at the Australian Open today.

A MATCH was held up yesterday while police used pepper spray to subdue three spectators and ejected five fans from the grounds at the Australian Open.

Police seized computers holding more than 2 million images of child pornography – some involving children as young as 2 – and arrested scores of people including two teachers in Australia’s biggest crackdown on child porn, police said today.

An ambulance crew responding to an anonymous call today found a three-week-old baby girl who was snatched from her Australian mother in a weekend attack at a Melbourne shopping mall.

Ireland needs to consider adopting a partnership approach involving the public, Government and gardaí, if it is to develop a coherent strategy for dealing with road safety, a safety expert has warned.