An Irish woman charged with the murder of her fiancé in Australia will now face court on Wednesday.

29 year old David Walshe, a father of three from County Wexford, was fatally stabbed after a fight broke out in Sydney on Friday night.

25-year-old Tina Cahill, who is also from Wexford, was arrested a short time later at the scene.

Billy Cantwell of the Irish Echo in Sydney says the case has shocked the Irish community in the city: