THE sister of murder victim Rachel O’Reilly died yesterday after a two-year battle with cancer.

CONVICTED murderer Joe O’Reilly has failed to overturn his conviction for the murder of his wife Rachel after the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) dismissed all grounds of his appeal.

WIFE-KILLER Joe O’Reilly was a little too smart in creating alibis to cover his tracks on the day he murdered his wife.

Convicted murderer Joe O'Reilly has today lost his appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife Rachel at their home in The Naul, Co Dublin.

A man will find out today if his conviction for the murder of his wife is overturned.

Convicted murderer Joe O'Reilly will learn on Friday if his appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife Rachel at their home in The Naul, Co Dublin has been successful.

TODAY, the third anniversary of the death of Rachel O’Reilly, is set to be marked in a low-key manner by the family of the murdered Dublin mother.

Day 1, June 25: Jury of nine men and three women sworn in. O’Reilly cries as letter he placed in Rachel’s coffin is read out in court.

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.

As Joe O’Reilly woke up on the first morning of a life sentence in Mountjoy prison the families of those whose killers have never been caught were given new hope.

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.

A NEWSPAPER splashed with a picture of himself and the headline “Judgment Day” lay on the green carpet floor beside Joe O’Reilly in a courtroom packed full of people waiting to hear his fate.

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

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.

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 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.

JOE O’REILLY’S first words to his murdered wife when her body was discovered were: “Jesus, Rachel — what did you do?”

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.

Gardaí tonight arrested a second person in connection with the investigation into the murder of Rachel O’Reilly.

Gardaí today arrested a man in connection with the investigation into the murder of Rachel O’Reilly.

THERE’S something about the murder that just doesn’t make sense.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a mother-of-two in her home believe she struggled bravely with the attacker before being beaten to death.