The widower of an Irishwoman who was raped and murdered in Australia almost a year ago is to return home to “clear his head”.

Family and friends of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher have said an emotional goodbye at her funeral in Melbourne.

It took superhuman effort to talk at all in the face of such appalling tragedy, but Edith McKeon somehow found the strength to thank the thousands that turned out in support of her murdered daughter.

PAUL BRIERLEY has a cool head on him, for a man on a deadline.