A man’s appeared in court in Australia, charged with the rape and murder of Jill Meagher
The 29-year-old disappeared after a night out in Melbourne last weekend, and her body was recovered from a shallow grave about 30 miles outside the city yesterday
41-year-old Adrian Ernest Bayley, with an address in the Coburg area, appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning
He’s due to appear in court again in January
On Friday’s Morning Focus John Cooke spoke to Melbourne reporter Andrew Rule of the Herald Sun about the shocking news and the grief and shock that is being felt palpably in Ireland and in Australia
We heard Jill’s uncle Michael McKeon’s statement speaking about the family’s grief at news of her death
Tom Meagher, Jill’s Husband decided to address the media outside the hearing in Melbourne
He thanked the police and public for their support since Jill went missing, and also had two appeals to make
He appealed for restraint as the man accused of murdering his wife appears in court and he appealed to the media to respect the two families privacy
The Mid-West Regional Drugs Task Force is hosting a Substance Misuse Services Information day taking place at the Greenhills Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick
Organisers are inviting anyone interested in getting more information to come along at any stage today before 4pm
Michael Lacey, Chairperson of the Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force, had a word with John
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TASC Policy Analyst and Economist Tom McDonnell will be in Limerick today to talk about a new TASC document prepared for Christian Aid entitled ‘Tax Injustice: Following the Tax Trail’
TASC is an independent think-tank dedicated to addressing Ireland’s high level of economic inequality and ensuring that public policy has equality at its core
Tom had a word about following the tax trail
In our Morning Focus health slot we speak with Dr Maire Finn, GP at the Ennis Family Medical Centre
Today Fr Finn focussed on issues associated with early Pregnancy
The Second Annual ‘Che Do Bheatha’ Festival, Kilkee is getting underway today
Described as the perfect ‘end of Summer’ festival it celebrates links between the Irish and Latin cultures
Che Guevara’s daughter, Dr. Aleida Guevara will be there along with the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, her Excellency Ms. Teresita Trujillo
Dr. Guevara is taking the opportunity to officially launch her mother Aleida’s book ‘Remembering Che’. Also the Chilean Consul Christian Oschilewski will be in attendance with, as yet to be announced, more Latin-American guests
Cillian Murphy, Chairperson of Loop Head Tourism, had more details – see www.kilkeefestivals.com
The Mountshannon Traditional Music Festival is taking place today until Sunday
This year they are holding a pilot project in collaboration with the World Academy of Music, University of Limerick- they are hosting free workshops all weekend and are very excited about this as organiser Cliona Donnellan explained
The Clare Big Heart Walk takes place this Sunday – meeting at Pepper’s Bar, Feakle at 11.30am – the idea is to transform 50,000km into €50,000 through sponsorship of €1 a km
Aideen Lynch of the Irish Heart Foundation encouraged people to get involved
Laura Mulcahy of Dha Lamh Theatre spoke about the Ennis staging of ‘Baglady’ by Frank McGuiness in Brandon’s Bar Ennis at 8pm
John Ruddle, Chief Executive of Shannon Heritage had a word ahead of the Bunratty Harvest Day this Sunday
The Burren Peaks Walking Festival, organised by the Ballyvaughan Fanore Walking Club, gets underway this weekend
The festival offers a taste of the Burren and offers guided hill and lowland walks of varying distance and grades of all walkers – Mary O’Brien told us what’s on offer . Contact 087 7779714
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