A mother who had to endure three murder trials before she saw the killer of her beloved daughter jailed for life has spoken of her anguish and despair after another appeal has been lodged in relation to the conviction in the case.

A murder accused started crying and admitted to stabbing his girlfriend when gardaí confronted him about inconsistencies in what he had told them.

A Cork man told gardaí he “snapped”, grabbed a knife from the side of a bed and stuck it into his then girlfriend a number of times, a murder trial jury has heard.

A Cork man jailed for life last year for the murder of a mother-of-three in her home, which he then set on fire, has today won an appeal against his conviction and now faces a possible retrial.