After the shooting, Kierans went to The Square bar in Bailieborough where a "siege" took place.

A man found guilty of shooting his wife dead in an act of gross negligence must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against his conviction and sentence.

A murder trial has heard that the body of a Cavan woman Patricia Kierans was found by gardai lying on the floor of a bedroom next to a cot at her family home.

A barman has told a murder trial that the accused man aimed a sawn-off shotgun at a garda the same day his wife went missing.