The Court of Criminal Appeal will today hear the appeal by Joe O'Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife Rachel in north Co Dublin in October 2004.

The sister of a woman stabbed to death in her Dundalk home believes more than one person was behind the murder.

Dubliner Joe O’Reilly was tonight convicted of murdering his wife Rachel after a four-week trial that gripped Ireland.

Joe O'Reilly has been found guilty of murdering his wife Rachel O'Reilly.

Prosecution counsel in the Rachel O’Reilly murder trial told the jury today that the only person with a motive was Joe O’Reilly.

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

The judge in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly has told the jury that the evidence in the case has concluded.

The judge in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly has told the jury not to discuss the case with anyone outside the jury or to allow anyone outside the jury to talk to them about it.

CCTV footage shows a car matching the description of Joe O'Reilly's Fiat Marea near the O'Reilly home on the morning of the murder, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The judge in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly today told the jury to ignore media reports of the case, as they are to reach their verdict only on the evidence they hear in court.

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 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.

Emails read out in court have revealed murder accused Joe O'Reilly's was "repulsed" by his dead wife and wanted to separate from her, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Phone analysis places the mobile of Joe O'Reilly's co-worker in the vicinity of the Broadstone bus garage on the morning of the murder and is consistent with the account he gave gardaí.

Joe O’ Reilly told gardaí that he had an affair but that it was over by the time his wife Rachel was found murdered at the family home in north Dublin, a jury heard today.

The jury in the trial of Joe O'Reilly, who is accused of the murder of his wife, Rachel, is due to return to the Central Criminal Court on Monday after four days of legal argument in their absence.

Legal argument in the absence of the jury continued at trial of Joe O' Reilly for the murder of his wife , Rachel, at the Central Criminal Court today.

Rachel O'Reilly tried to defend herself as she was struck on the head a number of times suffering a fractured skull which caused her death, a murder trial jury heard today.

A friend of murder-accused Joe O'Reilly told the Central Criminal Court that the defendant confided to him that he was having marital difficulties with his wife Rachel.

Joe O'Reilly told gardaí who found his wife's dead body in a pool of blood that one of the dumbells he used for weight-lifting could have been the murder weapon.

The marriage of Joe and Rachel O'Reilly was not a happy one, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The mother of murdered Rachel O'Reilly told a jury in the Central Criminal Court today that she was first person to discover her daughter's body.

The husband of Rachel O’Reilly will appear in court later today in relation to her death.

The husband of a murdered Dublin woman was charged today with the killing.

A prayer vigil is being held at the former home of Rachel O'Reilly today to mark the second anniversary of the 33-year-old's murder.

Gardaí have sent a file on the murder of Rachel O'Reilly to the Director of Public Prosecutions, after investigating the case for 21 months.

Gardaí have released the man arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Rachel O'Reilly in north Co Dublin 18 months ago.

An inquest into the death of Dublin woman Rachel O'Reilly reopened briefly today before being adjourned for six months.

A 35-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of Rachel O'Reilly has been released without charge.

John Breslin

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question a 35-year-old man arrested yesterday on suspicion of withholding information about the murder of Rachel O'Reilly.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the murder of Rachel O'Reilly last October.

Gardaí have declined to confirm or deny reports that a note was found inside the coffin of murdered Dublin woman Rachel O'Reilly yesterday.

Gardaí today exhumed the body of Rachel O’Reilly as part of their ongoing murder investigation.

A third person has been arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of Rachel O'Reilly.

Two people are still being held by gardaí in connection with the death of Rachel O'Reilly.

Gardaí in Dublin have confirmed they are now treating the death of a woman in the north of the county this week as murder.