Legal experts are set to make recommendations on whether or not killers such as Eamonn Lillis should be barred from inheriting assets, such as the family home, from their victims.

Legal issues raised by high-profile cases involving famous spouse killers Eamonn Lillis and Catherine Nevin have prompted an investigation by the State’s law review body.

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Good Morning Britain presenters Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard got a drenching for a charity stunt – and were left shrieking.

Art and furniture from the collection of artist Kenneth Webb will come under the hammer at Dolan’s May Bank Holiday Monday auction at Kelly’s Hotel, Rosslare at noon.

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ACCLAIMED coloratura soprano, Kim Sheehan, will make her Cork professional debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the Curtis Auditorium in the CIT Cork School of Music, from Jan 10-12.

Bruno Tonioli thinks tonight's'Strictly Come Dancing' final will be the sexiest ever.

A former 'Strictly Come Dancing' contestant has said the show is just a "popularity competition".

Drawing obvious comparisons with ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘The Way Way Back’ is a bittersweet coming-of-age story that strikes perfect balance between laughter and tears.

Refusing to make the most of your potential is unpatriotic, declares body-builder Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) at the beginning of Pain & Gain (16s), especially if you’re a believer in the American Dream.

Opening in Los Angeles in 2154, Elysium (15A) offers an especially dystopian vision of Earth’s future.

At just six, Isabella Barrett is a millionaire, an international pageant sensation, and has just launched her own jewellery line.

Five brides were yesterday excitedly reliving stolen memories of their big day.

A widower has issued an emotional appeal for thieves to return an iPod which is a treasure trove of musical memories of happier times he spent with his wife, who lost her battle to cancer a year ago.

A US woman is trying to eat her way to become the fattest bride in history.

Jedward showed their true colours last night when they sensationally qualified for Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Animal-mad pop duo Jedward have bought two pet rabbits in Baku in Azerbaijan and smuggled them into their five-star hotel room in the city.

Screenwriters Nicolas Casariego and Jaime Marques tap into this universal fear in Intruders to produce an efficient horror thriller about two children, worlds apart, who are haunted by the same gnarly-fingered bogeyman that rips off the faces of unsuspecting tykes as they sleep.

The High Court has heard that convicted killer Eamonn Lillis has come to an arrangement with his daughter and the family of his dead wife over the division of the couple's shared assets.

IT was a funeral with a rich historical resonance, but few local people would have taken much notice of the procession of mourners along a beautiful, wind-blown sea shore in south Kerry.

WIFE killer Eamon Lillis is entitled to a half share in assets jointly owned by himself and his dead wife Celine Cawley, including the couple’s family home in Howth, the High Court has ruled.

Saturday

THE dignified composure of the family of Celine Cawley finally cracked as her brother Chris tearfully bid her farewell with the words: “Celine, we love you.”

THE sister of manslaughter victim Celine Cawley has spoken of her torment at how she will never know how she died at the hands of her husband, Eamon Lillis.

A SOLITARY magpie landed on a tree outside Court No 6 as Eamonn Lillis listened to a synopsis of the evidence heard during his trial for the unlawful killing of his wife, Celine Cawley.

Eamonn Lillis will be sentenced tomorrow after he apologised today for the events that led to his wife Celine Cawley's death.

ONCE united as family the divide between them was now all to evident.

SILENCE descended on Court 19 as the only person still alive to recount how Celine Cawley met her death began his evidence at the Central Criminal Court.

IT could have been the outline of a plot for a Mills & Boon fictional romance but one which bore more than a passing resemblance to reality.

DERVAL O’ROURKE’S defence of her world indoor 60m hurdles title was in jeopardy last night after she withdrew from next weekend’s Woodies DIY Irish indoor athletic championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast with a foot injury.

DERVAL O’ROURKE is well on course for Gothenburg, as evidenced by her third place in a strong field at the DN Galen in Stockholm last night.

DERVAL O’ROURKE set a new Irish record at 8.02 seconds for second place and an automatic place in the semi-finals of the women’s 60m hurdles on Saturday, but it all ended in disappointment yesterday when she went over on an ankle after clearing the third hurdle.