The jury in a murder trial has heard that the last words a Cavan man said to his wife before shooting her were “the children will come home and bring you back to Australia”.

A murder trial has heard that the cause of death of Patricia Kierans, a mother of four, was a shotgun injury to the chest.

The jury in the trial of a Cavan man accused of murdering his wife has heard that the accused said a prayer moments after the mother of their four children was shot at the family home.

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.

A jury has been told a man carried out a “siege” at a local pub the day he allegedly shot his wife.

A man is due to appear before Harristown District Court this morning after he was charged earlier this week with the murder of Patricia Kierans.

The estranged husband of Bailieborough mother of four Patricia Kierans was last night charged with her murder at a special sitting of Cavan District Court.

The husband of Patricia Kierans has been charged with her murder.