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Aussie man pleads guilty in Melbourne to murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:31:32 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Australian Adrian Bayley has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Irishwoman Jill Meagher in a Victoria court.

Outpouring of grief in Ireland as Jill Meagher, murdered in Melbourne, is remembered (IrishCentral)

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:49:59 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Two weeks ago, 11,800 miles away from Drogheda, County Louth, Jill Meagher was kidnapped and murdered in Melbourne, on her way home from a night out with colleagues. Yesterday Ireland shared in Australia’s grief as thousands walked in silent procession and paid their respects at a memorial mass.

Why I organized 30,000 strong Jill Meagher march in Melbourne, Australia (IrishCentral)

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:02:59 PDT

By: PHILIP WERNER

I’ve suddenly been thrust into the media limelight for having organised the Peace March attended by 30,000 people for Jill Meagher, the Irish emigrant who was raped and murdered on her way home after an evening out in Melbourne.

Funeral of Jill Meagher, Irish woman murdered in Melbourne, to take place on Friday – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:30:27 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The funeral of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher is to take place in Melbourne this Friday, her family have announced.

Tens of thousands gather for peaceful Melbourne march in honor of Jill Meagher - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:09:18 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

On Saturday, Jill Meagher's mother, Edith McKeon, arrived in Melbourne to visit the Sydney Road site where her 29-year-old daughter was last seen alive, while 30,000 people took to the streets to protest against violence and to remember the young woman who was raped and murdered more than a week ago.

Jill Meagher’s family crushed by her brutal kidnapping and murder in Melbourne - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:00:44 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

After six days of searching, Jill Meagher’s body was found in a shallow grave down a dirt track on the outskirts of Melbourne City. The 29-year-old from Drogheda, County Louth, was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by Adrian Ernest Bayley (41).

Police fear for safety of Irishwoman missing after night out in Melbourne (IrishCentral)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:19:04 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Police in Australia are concerned about the whereabouts of a missing Irishwoman as her husband issued a desperate plea for information.

Dublin's Molly Malone Statue may relocate to Melbourne (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:54:28 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Dublin's Molly Malone may be wheeling her wheelbarrow from Grafton Street on an unlikely world tour shortly.

Melbourne comes to a halt as a nation pays it final respects to Jim Stynes - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:11:38 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Australia said goodbye to sporting legend Jim Stynes on Tuesday as his family prepared to take his ashes home to Dublin.

Australia prepares to honor Jim Stynes with state funeral in Melbourne (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:58:55 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish sporting legend Jim Stynes is to be honored with the biggest funeral Melbourne has seen in years on Tuesday.

Aussie Rules legend Jim Stynes to be buried after state funeral in Melbourne on Tuesday (IrishCentral)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:58:19 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Aussie Rules legend Jim Stynes will be buried in his adopted hometown of Melbourne next Tuesday morning.

The Orange Sash and the clash of the ash - The Munster Boys of Melbourne, 12th July 1843-44 (IrishCentral)

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:25:10 PDT

The Orange sash and the clash of the ash-The Munster Boys of Melbourne, 12th July 1843-44The Munster Clans from far and near,All thoughts of danger scorning,With hands and hearts that knew no fear,Came mustering fast that morning,A warning voice had speeded forth,Which brooked of no delay;And East and West, and South and North,Were at their posts that day- Edmund Finn All lovers of hurling know that the ferocious intensity and at times, naked aggression of the Tipperary and Clare clashes of the mid to late 1990s were born of the antagonism that was sparked between two clashing cultures One county’s tradition spoke of a prime hurling pedigree, of Hell’s Kitchen and the Doyles, Jimmy and John And, of course, scintillating stylists like the smiling assassin Nicholas English, a brave and magnificent hurler The other county’s hurling tradition spoke of God’s musical people, the nearly men of Clare READ MORE

Cancer forces Irish footie star Jim Stynes to step down as Melbourne Chairman (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:21:03 PDT

By: DECLAN O'KELLY

Dublin native and Australian Rules football legend Jim Stynes has stepped down as Chairman of Melbourne Football Club after he was diagnosed with cancer.