Graham Dwyer is unlikely to benefit from a key Supreme Court’s ruling in his bid to overturn his 2015 conviction for the murder of Elaine O’Hara, legal experts have said.

The State’s appeal has important implications for the investigation and prosecution of serious crime and may also impact on Dwyer’s separate appeal over his 2015 conviction for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara.

A majority Supreme Court has decided to refer key issues in convicted murderer Graham Dwyer’s mobile phone data retention case to the EU Court of Justice.

The State's appeal against an important ruling in favour of convicted murderer Graham Dwyer will be heard in December.

Graham Dwyer has won his legal action against the State and the Garda Commissioner over the retention of access of his mobile phone data.

A report by a former chief justice John Murray supports Graham Dwyer’s claim that Ireland’s data retention legislation breaches European laws, the High Court has heard.

A High Court action brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer against the Garda Commissioner and State over the use of mobile phone records in his trial will be heard at the Four Courts early next year.

Scissor sister, Charlotte Mulhall, 32, and killer waitress, Marta Herda, 29, are just two of 10 women serving life sentences in Ireland.

The justice minister is reviewing a system that costs €50m a year and that unquestioningly finances repeat offenders, but public defenders would not be cheaper and may involve a conflict of interest, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer wants legal aid for his action against the Garda commissioner and state over the use of mobile phone records in his trial.

The costs associated with the marathon Graham Dwyer murder trial has helped push the lawyer bill for the first six months of this year for the Director of Public Prosecutions to over €7.4m.

State pathologist Marie Cassidy has said that she was surprised at the jury’s guilty verdict in the Graham Dwyer murder trial, based on the lack of pathological evidence.

Murderer Graham Dwyer is to argue that his conviction should be overturned and he should be freed from prison in an appeal likely to be heard next year.

Murderer Graham Dwyer is sharing a landing in Midlands Prison with one of the most notorious sex offenders, who is serving life for raping two children.

The trail of destruction left by Graham Dwyer was never more painfully evident than when it led to his sentencing hearing.

Elaine O’Hara’s father, Frank O’Hara, did not enter the witness box to deliver his two-page victim impact statement in which he described murderer Graham Dwyer’s mind as “diseased and depraved”.

THE trial and conviction of Graham Dwyer for the sadistic, almost satanic, murder of Elaine O’Hara transfixed and shocked this society.

Graham Dwyer has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, Karen Buckley’s family face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home and the €1m-plus stealth-like futuristic military vessel launched in Cork. Some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Elaine O’Hara was a troubled woman. Vulnerable and lacking in self-confidence, she was taken advantage of by Graham Dwyer, in order to fulfil his sick fantasies.

Graham Dwyer had resigned as a director of the highly respected architectural firm he worked for within days of being refused bail by the High Court in November 2013.

EVENTS of recent days exposed what can unfold when a violent, sadistic person targets a vulnerable woman.

Campaigners against domestic violence fear that shame over a fetish lifestyle may prevent women in danger from seeking help.

EVEN the most ardent, one-eyed champion of An Garda Síochána would have to concede that the force’s credibility took a battering over the penalty points scandal and how two whistleblowers — Sergeant Maurice McCabe and former Garda John Wilson — were treated so poorly by the force’s officer corps. 

Even with a guilty verdict to tell him otherwise, Graham Dwyer refused to let go of the belief that he was in charge.

Graham Dwyer is expected to be investigated by gardaí in relation to a number of suspected murders and missing women cases, Garda sources said.

The murder of Elaine O’Hara has had “profound and devastating consequences” for a number of people and will affect families for many years, the commander of the Garda investigation said yesterday.

Graham Dwyer was an expert psychological manipulator, writes Dr Patrick Randall.

Cormac O’Keeffe catalogues the painstaking policing and investigative work, as well as the chance discoveries, that contributed to the conviction of Graham Dwyer for the murder of Elaine O’Hara. (This article was originally published in March 2015)

Graham Dwyer saw his victim as nothing more than an object to fulfil a depraved fantasy, writes Michael Clifford.

A lover of model planes. ’Fantastic’ knowledge of computers. A predilection for knives. What did we learn of Graham Dwyer? Noel Baker reports.

Elaine O’Hara was not the only ‘victim’ identified by Graham Dwyer during the course of his fantasies about a lethal combination of sex and violence.

Text messages from Graham Dywer to Elaine O’ Hara reveal a deep-seated irrepressible desire for sexual gratification by stabbing, writes Noel Baker.

Elaine O’Hara had a deep and disturbing interest in the world of submissive relationships, but her real-life interactions were sporadic and seldom lasted long, reports Noel Baker.

ELAINE O’Hara’s life seemed to be that of a person desperately seeking affection and friendship, but which was blighted not just by her struggles with mental health but also the dark corners of the secret world in which she spent much of her time.

Graham Dwyer has been found guilty of the murder of Elaine O’Hara, Paul O’ Connell has been named Six Nations Player of the Tournament, and the remains of the crash vitims from the Germanwings disaster are being removed from the alps. 

Architect Graham Dwyer has been found guilty of murdering childcare worker Elaine O’Hara.

The jurors in the trial of Graham Dwyer have been assured their identities will not be published, following a query from the jury foreman about the publication of his name.

I feel defiled having listened to the graphic and disturbing detail in the murder trial of Graham Dwyer, writes Alison O’Connor.

The judge in the Graham Dwyer murder trial told the jury that the question of suicidality was important for both sides and he should revisit it as he recalled them.

A round-up of this morning’s top news.

A round-up of this morning’s top news.

An architect accused of murdering a childcare worker cannot be convicted on the basis of his thoughts or unusual fantasies, a jury has been told.