AT 5ft 11in Rachel O’Reilly spent a lot of time towering over acquaintances, both male and female.

JOE O’REILLY cheated on Rachel with another woman before his affair with Nikki Pelley but the jury was not allowed to hear about her or her statement to gardaí.

THE conviction of Joe O’Reilly for the brutal murder of his wife has given new hope to the relatives of those whose killers have never been jailed.

BOTH prosecution and defence legal teams accepted that the case against Joe O’Reilly was based entirely on circumstantial evidence.

An attempt by the prosecution on Friday to revoke Joe O'Reilly's bail and keep him in custody until the jury had finished their deliberations was rejected by the Judge.

The fight for justice for Rachel O’Reilly started on Monday June 25, with Denis Vaughan Buckley SC for the prosecution telling a packed courtroom at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court that though much of the evidence was circumstantial, it would, in its entirety, prove beyond reasonable doubt that Joe O’ Reilly killed his wife.

Defence counsel in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly today warned the jury against being swayed by media attention to the case.

JOE O’REILLY enjoyed a long weekend down the country with his lover and had her stay over at the family home while his wife Rachel was away, according to witness testimony.

Voice messages left on Rachel O'Reilly's mobile phone on the day she was brutally murdered were read out in court today.

The woman with whom murder accused Joe O'Reilly was having an affair told the jury in the Central Criminal Court today that they were planning a 'permanent future' together.

MURDER accused Joe O’Reilly admitted to gardaí that he had possession of the mobile phone that placed him close to the scene where his wife Rachel was battered to death.

Murder accused Joe O'Reilly told gardaí that he had his phone with him all day on the day his wife Rachel died, the jury in the Central Criminal Court trial heard today.

JOE O’REILLY talked about leaving his wife Rachel in the months before she was murdered, a witness told the Central Criminal Court.