In a video recorded by the Irish Examiner in Bantry, Mr Bailey said he had a lot of support when asked about the pending verdict.

Public prosecutor Jean Pierre Bonthoux spent 90 minutes summing up the indictment against Mr Bailey.

A witness has told the Ian Bailey murder trial in Paris that her son’s life became very stressful after Mr Bailey told him that he had killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ten minutes into the murder trial of Ian Bailey, a translator was sworn in.

Ian Bailey is unlikely to be extradited to France even if he is found guilty of the voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ian Bailey will be tried for murder in his absence next week and the trial in a Parisian courthouse will be the latest chapter in a story which has captivated Ireland since Sophie Toscan Du Plantier was found dead in the west Cork village of Schull in 1996.

Ian Bailey has said he will now go to the European Court of Human Rights after the French supreme court threw out his legal challenge to efforts by French authorities to try him for the voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ian Bailey has said he will now go to the European Court of Human Rights after the French Supreme Court threw out his legal challenge to efforts by French authorities to try him for the voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Seeking to join the ranks of Serial and Making A Murderer’, Audible’s new series West Cork looks to tell the story of a murder across 13 episodes, and shines its spotlight on one of Ireland’s most notorious unsolved crimes.

Decision due on challenge against being charged with voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Latest: Ian Bailey says he expects the Minister for Justice to appeal today’s decision not to extradite him to France.

A date has been set for a hearing that will decide if Ian Bailey should be sent to France to face trial over the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ian Bailey’s legal team has submitted points of objection to the application by French authorities to have him extradited for the alleged voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Recordings of calls by several gardaí who had key roles in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation show they considered altering and suppressing evidence to bolster their case against Ian Bailey.

Update:11.40am: Ian Bailey was arrested at the Criminal Courts of Justice building this morning after a High Court judge endorsed a European Arrest Warrant issued by the French authorities who want to try him for the voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The treatment of Ian Bailey by the State continues to raise the question of whether the Irish justice system is susceptible to political interference.

Ian Bailey, who was questioned in connection with the death of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Co Cork 20 years ago, has been indicted in France for her murder.

Ian Bailey has confirmed that he has contacted the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) three times since late summer to reconsider a decision not to charge him in relation to the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 20 years ago.

Ian Bailey's solicitor says it is "outrageous that the French are continuing with their persecution of him".

A fresh legal battle looms in the country’s highest courts following reports that French authorities are seeking the extradition of Ian Bailey to face charges of killing Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Film director Jim Sheridan says that his documentary about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, in West Cork, will be a multi-episode series.

French police investigating the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier have continued interviews in West Cork, as her son said the family would “maintain the pressure”.

Documentaries about two Cork related murders have been included by TV3 in its autumn schedule.

Ian Bailey is to continue his fight to prove there was a campaign to frame him for murder, despite being hit with a multi-million euro legal bill for his failed High Court case against the State.

A hearing to determine liability for the substantial legal costs of Ian Bailey’s failed action for damages against the Garda commissioner and the State will proceed next week.

Ian Bailey is likely to leave the taxpayer with a bill for millions of euro after losing his High Court case against the State.

Ian Bailey could face a massive legal bill running into millions of euros after he lost his High Court action for damages against the State over the conduct of the Garda investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The jury in Ian Bailey’s civil action for damages over the conduct of the Garda inquiry into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier are due back in court tomorrow after legal issues in the case are addressed.

Case adjourned to March 24 as evidence concludes in civil action against Garda Commissioner and State

A garda has rejected suggestions he and another detective were asked to “put the frighteners” on Martin Graham in June 1997 after gardaí lost trust in the former British soldier as an informant in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation.

A State witness yesterday denied a suggestion he was so convinced Ian Bailey had murdered Sophie Toscan du Plantier he was “scratching around” for any evidence against him, when gardaí had “none”.

Call showed ‘close’ relationship between garda and Bailey witness

A former detective garda yesterday denied he told Marie Farrell gardaí knew Ian Bailey had killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier and needed her to say Mr Bailey was the man she saw near Schull hours before the body was found.

A woman who had acted the part of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in an RTÉ Crimeline reconstruction of her movements in the days before her murder in December 1996, told the High Court Ian Bailey approached the film crew and said he knew Ms Toscan du Plantier.

A retired Garda detective told the High Court he had no recall of any “dramatic leads” emanating from statements made by a French television producer concerning details of a former lover of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

A garda detective who met Marie Farrell a number of times during the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation has denied that gardaí asked Ms Farrell to name Ian Bailey as the man she saw on the road near Schull hours before the victim’s body was found.

Gardaí did not eliminate Marie Farrell as an important witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation after establishing she had lied to them, an former senior garda told the High Court.

An important witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation was never assured by gardai she would not have to go to court: that would be “ridiculous”, a retired garda detective superintendent told the High Court.

A former detective inspector has denied gardaí arrested Jules Thomas in bad faith so as to put pressure on her partner Ian Mr Bailey, at the time of his first arrest in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork.

A former Director of Public Prosecutions has told the High Court he decided there was insufficient evidence to warrant a prosecution of Ian Bailey for the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ian Bailey’s sister has told the High Court a French bid for his extradition in connection with the murder in West Cork of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier meant he was unable to visit their dying mother in England or attend her funeral.