THE appeal by Joe O’Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife, Rachel, will be heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) next Thursday.

The appeal by Joe O'Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife, Rachel, will be heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal next Thursday.

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.

JUNE 4

ELEVEN grounds of appeal have been lodged by Joe O’Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife Rachel at their home in Co Dublin. He claims the trial was unsatisfactory and his conviction “unsafe”.

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.

Killer Joe O’Reilly is to appeal his conviction for murdering his wife and mother of their two young children in their home, it was confirmed tonight.

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.

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.

JOE O’REILLY talked about leaving his wife Rachel in the months before she was murdered, a witness told the Central Criminal Court.

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.

The trial of Dublin man Joe O'Reilly who is accused of murdering his wife Rachel in 2004 was adjourned for a week at the Central Criminal Court today because the judge due to hear the case is not available.

MURDER accused Joe O’Reilly was remanded on bail for a further period when he appeared at Cloverhill District Court yesterday morning.

MURDER accused Joe O’Reilly passed up a chance to apply for bail, yesterday, at his second court appearance since being charged with the killing of his wife Rachel.

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.