The Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have begun their deliberations.

THE prosecution in the trial of Waterford man John O’Brien, accused of murdering his wife, Meg Walsh, told the jury they should not allow themselves to be swayed by any “sympathy or emotion or prejudice”.

The two sides in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have been making their closing speeches at the Central Criminal Court.

A WATERFORD man told a Central Criminal Court jury that he had “no hand, act or part” in his wife’s murder and had no idea he would end up facing a murder investigation.

A Waterford man accused of murdering his wife has told a Central Criminal Court jury that he had no idea he would end up facing a murder investigation.

The Central Criminal Court trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering of his wife has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

The Central Criminal Court trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering of his wife has entered its closing stages, as the judge hears the defence’s application to withdraw the case from the jury.

The body of a Waterford woman whose husband is on trial for her murder would have been dumped in a river not far from where her body was found two weeks after her disappearance a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A Waterford man accused of murdering his wife told a friend a different account of the night his wife went missing to the one he told gardaí.

DNA matching both Meg Walsh and her husband John O’Brien, currently on trial in the Central Criminal Court for her murder, was found in the boot of her car the jury in his trial have heard.

THE jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have been watching a video timeline of the days surrounding his wife’s disappearance.

The jury in the trial of a Waterford man accused of murdering his wife have been watching a video timeline of the days surrounding his wife’s disappearance.

A car resembling the one belonging to a woman whose husband is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for her murder was seen travelling away from the Quays in Waterford in the early hours of the day she was reported missing.

A WATERFORD man accused of murdering his wife told gardaí he would not have brought the man she kissed back to the house the night before she disappeared, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A Waterford man accused of murdering his wife told gardaí he would not have brought the man she kissed back to the house the night before she disappeared a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A car key given to gardaí by a Waterford man on trial for the murder of his wife was not a spare as he had claimed a Central Criminal Court jury.

Meg Walsh's husband told gardaí a 'pack of lies' when they interviewed him about the murder of his wife, a garda witness has told a Central Criminal Court jury.

A Waterford woman whose husband is currently on trial for her murder was in the water for at least “several days” before her body was pulled from the River Suir, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

TWO weeks before she disappeared Meg Walsh told gardaí she had been assaulted by her husband, who is now on trial for her murder at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

THE jury in the Meg Walsh murder trial watched video footage showing Ms Walsh’s silver Mitsubishi Carisma being left in the Uluru Bar car park in Waterford city.

A woman whose husband is on trial for her murder made a complaint to gardaí about him less than two weeks before her disappearance a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

THE daughter of Meg Walsh, whose stepfather has been accused of her mother’s murder, texted a member of his family offering to help him because she couldn’t live with not knowing what happened to her mother, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

The daughter of a woman whose body was pulled out a river two weeks after she went missing from the family home texted a member of her step father’s family offering to help him because she couldn’t live with not knowing what happened to her mother, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

COURT No 2 was packed yesterday as the jury heard how Meg Walsh was out socialising and drinking with locals the night before she disappeared.

A woman whose husband is on trial for her murder, claimed she had been assaulted less than two weeks before she disappeared, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A woman whose husband is on trial for her murder disappeared after her husband caught her kissing another man a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A 40-year-old man has gone on trial for the murder of his wife, Meg Walsh, in the Central Criminal Court.

THE trial of a Waterford bus driver accused of his wife’s murder is due to get under way at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A 40-year-old man is expected to appear in court in Waterford this morning in connection with the death of Margaret 'Meg' Walsh last year.

A MOTHER who was brutally murdered in her Dundalk home will be remembered in a special memorial to mark the second anniversary of her death.

A mother who was brutally murdered in her Dundalk home will be remembered in a special memorial to mark the second anniversary of her death.

A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, after a man questioned in connection with the murder of Meg Walsh was released without charge.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of Waterford woman Meg Walsh was released tonight without charge.

The man arrested by Waterford gardaí in connection with the murder of Meg Walsh has had his period of detention extended.

Gardaí in Waterford have arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the death of Margaret 'Meg' Walsh.

GARDAÍ probing the brutal murder of mother of one, Meg Walsh, say they are very anxious to speak to anyone who saw her silver Mitsubishi car parked along either side of Waterford’s quays the day after her disappearance.

Gardaí in Waterford last night released without charge a man they were questioning in relation to the death of Margaret 'Meg' Walsh.

Gardaí have tonight released without charge the man arrested in connection with the murder of mother-of-one Margaret “Meg” Walsh.

A man was arrested today in connection with the murder of Margaret 'Meg' Walsh.

AFTER meeting such a violent end to her short life, murdered mother-of-one Meg Walsh was finally laid to rest yesterday beside the graves of her parents in north Cork last night.

SPECIALLY trained police dogs drafted in from Britain to help track Meg Walsh’s killer have been used in several, high-profile international cases, including the Soham murders of school pals, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

THE brother of murdered, mother of one, Meg Walsh, will today tell mourners at her funeral about the 35-year-old’s life and thank all those who took part in the search for her.

GARDAÍ last night appealed to Meg Walsh’s killer to show “bravery and courage” and give him or herself up — before they come knocking on their door.

Gardaí in Waterford are upbeat this morning following "a good response" to the staging a reconstruction involving Meg Walsh's car, as part of their investigation into her murder.