The hearing of part of convicted murderer Catherine Nevin's bid to have her conviction for the murder of her husband Tom declared a miscarriage of justice due to take place next week has been adjourned following a request from her legal team.

CONVICTED murderer Catherine Nevin has begun proceedings to get the DPP or Garda commissioner to disclose whether the three men who gave evidence at her trial were state informers.

Lawyers representing convicted murderer Catherine Nevin have initiated proceedings aimed at having the DPP or Garda commissioner disclose whether three men who gave evidence at her trial were State informers.

Catherine Nevin's bid to have her conviction declared a miscarriage of justice has been adjourned to allow the DPP more time to assess files which had been requested by the 55-year-old, convicted murderer's legal team.

CONVICTED murderer Catherine Nevin’s lawyer said material not given to her defence team at the time would have indicated that key prosecution witnesses were paid state informers.

Notorious murderer Catherine Nevin today applied for the Court of Criminal Appeal to order the release of secret State files on three Garda informers whose evidence helped convict her.

THEATRE nurses at Limerick Regional Hospital, who have been accused of time-wasting by the Health Service Executive Mid-Western Area, yesterday went public on the huge demands of their work.