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.

The family of a woman who was brutally murdered by her boyfriend are calling for an overhaul of the criminal justice system after they had to endure three murder trials before they saw the killer jailed for life.

The Passage man on trial for murdering his girlfriend confessed to gardaí that he stabbed her with a kitchen knife and she did not even think it was coming.

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 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.