BROKEN families united outside the Dáil yesterday to observe a minute’s silence in memory of women across Ireland who have been murdered.

Broken families united today to remember women across Ireland who have been murdered at the hands of brutal killers.

An English man who beat and strangled his estranged wife to death in a Co Tipperary hotel was today jailed for 10 years after being convicted of her manslaughter.

A murder trial jury was sent to a hotel for a second night tonight after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of an English man accused of murdering his wife in a Co Tipperary hotel two years ago.