A date has been set for the hearing of an appeal by Joe O'Reilly against his conviction last year for the murder of his wife, Rachel.

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.

AT 5ft 11in Rachel O’Reilly spent a lot of time towering over acquaintances, both male and female.

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

The jury in the murder trial of a man accused of killing his wife has been told to return a majority verdict.

The jury in the Rachel O’Reilly murder trial was sent to a hotel tonight.

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.

THE alibi of murder accused Joe O’Reilly told the jury in the Central Criminal Court yesterday that he could be wrong about seeing O’Reilly in the bus depot before 11.00am on the morning of the murder.

A CAR captured on CCTV near the house where Rachel O’Reilly was killed may have been her husband’s.

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.

A CAR matching the description of murder accused Joe O’Reilly’s Fiat Marea was captured by CCTV footage near the O’Reilly home on the morning of the murder of his wife Rachel, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

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 jury in the Rachel O’Reilly murder trial was warned yesterday to ignore media coverage of the high- profile case.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

THE colleague Joe O’Reilly told gardaí was his main alibi for the morning his wife was murdered was miles away from him during a one-hour period critical to the investigation, a jury in the Central Criminal Court has heard.

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.

A TELECOMS expert has told the Central Criminal Court certain mobile phone records were not consistent with accounts Joe O’Reilly gave to gardaí about his movements on the day of his wife’s murder.

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.

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.

MURDERED mother-of-two Rachel O’Reilly may have lain injured for several hours before she died, her husband’s trial at the Central Criminal Court was told.

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.

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

A man accused of murdering his wife left a letter in her coffin pleading for forgiveness, a court heard today.

A date of June 18 has been set for the trial of Joe O’Reilly who has been charged with the murder of his wife Rachel.

The inquest into the murder of teenager Raonaid Murray will reopen close to the eighth anniversary of her death next year, it was confirmed today.

The husband of a murdered mother of two was fined €750 today for driving his sister’s car without insurance.

An inquest into the death of a mother-of-two found murdered in her Co Dublin home is due to resume today.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of housewife Rachel O’Reilly have begun a nationwide hunt for a key witness.

DETECTIVES may know as soon as tomorrow if there is a breakthrough in the Rachel O’Reilly 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 are reported to be examining CCTV footage of a man they consider to be the prime suspect in the murder of Rachel O' Reilly, who was beaten to death with a blunt instrument at her home in north County Dublin on October 4.

Gardaí renewed their appeal for information today into the murder of mother-of-two Rachel O’Reilly at her home in north Co Dublin.

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

A WOMAN found dead in her home is believed to have suffered head injuries and Gardaí are treating the death as suspicious.

Gardaí are investigating the suspicious death of a mother of two in north County Dublin, it was confirmed tonight.

A woman's body has been discovered in north county Dublin today. The remains were found in a house at Naul just before 3pm.