Emma Gowing led the tributes to her sister Catherine outside court today after a serial sex offender was jailed for life today for the rape and murder of the Offaly vet.

The man who murdered Offaly vet Catherine Gowing will serve a minimum of 37 years in jail, a judge ruled today.

A man who has pleaded guilty to killing Co. Offaly vet Catherine Gowing in Wales last year will be sentenced later.

A man is facing life in jail after confessing to the murder of Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

Clive Sharp has today pleaded guilty to the murder of Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

A man will appear in court in Wales today to enter his plea after being charged with the murder of vet Catherine Gowing.

“She was beautiful in beauty’s purest form, a soul filled with goodness,” Catherine Gowing’s sister Emma told mourners at her requiem Mass yesterday.

Murdered vet Catherine Gowing has been remembered as a gift from God who was the closest thing to perfection.

The funeral mass of Offaly vet Catherine Gowing takes place in Co. Offaly later.

A close-knit rural community gathered last night to pay their respects at the removal of an Irish vet who was murdered in Wales last October.

The removal is taking place this evening of an Irish woman Catherine Gowing, who was murdered in Wales.

Murdered Irishwoman, Catherine Gowing, is to be buried tomorrow.

Police in Wales have confirmed that the second set human remains found on the banks of the River Dee last Friday are those of Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

Police in North Wales are awaiting the identification of human remains found on the banks of the River Dee on Friday, as part of the investigation into the death of Catherine Gowing.

Human remains found in a shallow pool last week have been identified as those of missing vet Catherine Gowing.

North Wales police have said that the remains found in Sealand on Wednesday are that of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

The family of missing Irish vet, Catherine Gowing, will have to wait until next week for the results of a postmortem being carried out on remains found at two seperate locations in North Wales.

Police in North Wales searching for the missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing have said that post mortem results on human remains found at two separate locations will not be made known until next week.

Welsh police searching for the missing Irishwoman Catherine Gowing have sealed off an area near Chester.

A post mortem examination will be carried out today on remains found in Wales during the search for missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

Human remains have been recovered by searchers involved in the hunt for missing Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

Human remains have been recovered by search teams involved in the hunt for missing Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

The family of missing Irish vet Catherine Gowing have met police search teams on a visit to the scene where her burnt-out car was found.

North Wales Police are continuing to search for Irish woman Catherine Gowing, who hasn't been seen for almost two weeks.

The man accused of the murder of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing was further remanded in custody yesterday.

A man is due in court in Wales this morning in connection with the death of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

Police in Wales searching for missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing are trying to trace the movements of a car used by the man charged with her murder.

Specialist underwater units and forensic experts continued a massive search operation yesterday near where missing Offaly woman Catherine Gowing’s burned-out car was found last Friday.

The BBC are reporting that forensic experts and divers are searching a pool in a quarry in North Wales, where the burnt out car of a missing Irish vet was found.

The family of a missing vet vowed to “bring her home” today as a man appeared in court charged with her murder.

A man will appear in court today charged with the murder of Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

A 46-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Offaly woman Catherine Gowing who has been missing from her home in Wales since last Friday.

A man was charged in the UK tonight with the murder of missing Offaly woman Catherine Gowing.

Police in north Wales have confirmed that a burnt-out car found last night is that of missing Offaly woman Catherine Gowing.

Police in Wales say a burnt out Renault Clio has been found near Mold but they are unable to confirm at this stage whether the vehicle is that of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

The search for a missing Irish woman in North Wales has now entered its seventh day.

The sister of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing yesterday appealed to people to search for her “beautiful sister and best friend”.

Welsh police have confirmed that they have been granted a 36 hour extension to question the 46-year-old suspect arrested on suspicion of the murder of Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

A text message was sent from the phone of a missing Irish woman who is feared murdered in Wales after she was last seen alive, her employer has revealed.

Police in Wales are continuing to be question a man today in connection with the murder of a 37-year-old Irish woman.

Police in Wales investigating the disappearance of an Irish woman have said that a man who was arrested last night on suspicion of her murder was known to her.

Welsh police have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of an Offaly woman.