The State’s application to dismiss wife killer Joe O’Reilly’s murder appeal will be heard by the Court of Appeal on March 3.

The State is to bring an application to dismiss an appeal brought by Joe O’Reilly, who is seeking to have his conviction for murdering his wife declared a miscarriage of justice.

Lawyers for wife-killer Joe O’Reilly have been asked to indicate whether evidence will be adduced relating to issues raised in his grounds of appeal, which include circumstances in which a book of evidence was left in the jury room during his 2007 trial.

Lawyers for the State say there will be significant opposition to any bail application by convicted murderer Joe O'Reilly.

Convicted murderer Joe O'Reilly intends to apply for bail, as part of his miscarriage of justice case.

An application by convicted wife murderer Joe O'Reilly for legal aid in order to take a miscarriage of justice case, was granted in the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Nama has set about rebooting the housing market with an ‘80/20’ offer in which buyers would pay interest on just 80% of the sale price — but it denied seeking to start another property bubble.

Farmers attending the Teagasc tillage conference heard about the growing interest in the new share farming business model.

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.

WOMEN joined together yesterday to observe a minute’s silence for the 107 women murdered in Ireland since 1996. Against the backdrop of a giant in memoriam card each woman was represented by a white lily.