The man who raped and murdered Louth native Jill Meagher in Australia in 2012 has been found guilty of three more rapes also carried out while he was on parole for a string of other crimes.

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.

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.

IRELAND was not to blame for the equine flu outbreak which devastated the racing industry in Australia last year and cost an estimated $1 billion, an inquiry has revealed.