A MAN accused of punching an Irish backpacker outside a takeaway shop in Sydney, Australia, has been ordered to face trial for manslaughter.

ORGANS donated by a young Irishman who died after an altercation in Australia have been used to save the lives of six people his mother has revealed.

A 28-year-old man has appeared in court in Australia, charged with the manslaughter of Gearoid Walsh in Sydney.

A MAN has been charged with the manslaughter of Gearóid Walsh (pictured) in Sydney just hours after the 23-year-old Dubliner’s mother made a heartfelt plea for her son’s attacker to hand himself into police.

The family of the young man killed in Sydney have thanked the Irish people for their support in the days since the assault which led to his death.

Australian police today charged a 28-year-old man with manslaughter over the violent killing of an Irish man.

The prime suspect in the killing of an Irish man in Australia handed himself over to police hours after an emotional plea from the dead man’s mother, it emerged today.

An Irish man attacked in Australia has died in hospital, police said today.

A 23-year-old Irish man is on a life-support machine in hospital after being seriously injured in an assault in Australia over the weekend.

MOST priests are living on salaries well below the average industrial wage and some would not survive without the support of their families.