State lawyers have told the appeal of wife-killer David Bourke that the evidence supporting the murder charge was "overwhelming".

Lawyers for wife-killer David Bourke have claimed, on appeal, that the judge at his murder trial gave wrong directions to the jury and attempted to write the law on the spot.

Mullingar man David Bourke is appealing against his conviction for murdering his wife Jean Gilbert at their home in Dublin five years ago.

A MOBILE phone found in the driver’s side of a car after it struck and killed a firefighter and garda contained a number of text and phone messages made and received shortly before the fatal impact, a court heard.

A DECADE before her murder, and just two years into her marriage to David Bourke, Jean Gilbert’s life took a turn for the worse.

THE Government received formal approval from Brussels yesterday to press ahead with its €100 million grant aid scheme for struggling companies — as detailed by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan in last week’s emergency budget.

The jury at the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife at their home in Dublin in 2007 has been sent home until Monday morning.

A MAN accused of murdering his wife in Dublin in 2007 told the Central Criminal Court that he was “deeply sorry”.

A man accused of murdering his wife in Dublin in 2007 has told the Central Criminal Court that he is “deeply sorry”.

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard that an affair between the victim and her lover was rekindled four months before her death.

A man accused of murdering his wife in Dublin in August 2007 told gardaí that he did not intend to kill her but “wanted to cause her suffering and pain,” the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife in Castleknock in August 2007 has heard that problems in their marriage began in June of that year and that she had been writing letters to a man in England.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife in Dublin in August 2007 has today heard that he stabbed her in front of their children.

A man charged with the murder of his wife today had his case sent forward to the Central Criminal Court.

A MOTHER who was fatally stabbed at her home last month is to be cremated tomorrow.

A MAN appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering his wife.

DURING a high-speed incident involving feud gangs, a gunman opened fire while hanging out a car window weaving in and out of traffic, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

MORE THAN 60 armed detectives and uniformed gardaí were detailed for the biggest security operation ever mounted for a court case in Limerick, as four men appeared in connection with the murder of crime boss, Kieran Keane.