Graham Dwyer will next month be given a mandatory lifesentence, after being found guilty of murdering Elaine O’Hara.

Defence evidence has concluded in Graham Dwyer's trial for the alleged murder of childcare worker Elaine O'Hara.

Video clips appearing to show Graham Dwyer stabbing Elaine O’Hara were shown to the jury on the 33rd day of the murder trial.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial has heard about Garda requests for Elaine O’Hara’s mobile phone data up to the day he is alleged to have murdered her, and for his data for several months before and after that date.

A former partner of murder accused Graham Dwyer yesterday said he would pretend to stab her while having sex.

A received text message reading: ‘Must get fit for murder’ was found on Elaine O’Hara’s laptop, the Graham Dwyer trial has heard.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial heard evidence from Det Garda Eimear Nevin of the computer crime investigation unit.

The Graham Dwyer trial heard that on the night before he is alleged to have murdered her, a nurse suggested that Elaine O’Hara go to gardaí about a man who was constantly coming to her apartment.

The jury in the Graham Dwyer trial has seen videos of the architect flying a model aircraft at a family day three days before he is alleged to have murdered 36-year-old Dublin childcare worker Elaine O’Hara.

Graham Dwyer's trial has heard he appears to have worked a normal eight-hour work shift on the day Elaine O'Hara was allegedly stabbed to death.

Murder accused’s son also asked to identify people in stills of CCTV footage, jury hears

The Central Criminal Court has heard heavy metal chains, a rope and a pvc body suit were found at Elaine O'Hara's Dublin apartment after her disappearance.

A jogger who is the last witness to have seen Dublin childcare worker Elaine O'Hara alive described her to Gardaí as "distant and uninterested".

A jury has heard Elaine O'Hara was in extremely good form and looking forward to volunteering at the Tall Ships festival on the day of her death.

Former taoiseach Albert Reynolds was laid to rest after a state funeral with full military honours.

An architect accused of murdering childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, whose remains were found in the Dublin mountains, has been granted free legal aid.

An architect father-of-two charged with murdering childcare worker Elaine O’Hara has today been refused bail.

A married businessman arrested in connection with the murder of Elaine O’Hara is suspected of being in contact with her both online and on the phone in the lead-up to her disappearance.

A 50m grid search will continue over the coming days to locate the rest of Elaine O’Hara’s remains — with gardaí eager to find a neck bone and her skull.

Mobile phone records are to be examined by Gardaí investigating the discovery of the remains of Elaine O'Hara.

Detectives are trawling through an online dating website following the discover of a woman’s remains in the Dublin Mountains.

Gardaí are keeping an open mind on the possibility of links between the disappearance of Elaine O’Hara and other disappearances as part of Operation Trace and the search for women missing in the Leinster area since the 1990s.

A murder inquiry is expected to be confirmed as gardaí piece together several locations linked to the death of a woman whose body was found in a mountain forest.

As a second crime scene is sealed off as part of the Garda inquiry into the death of Elaine O’Hara, 36, it looks increasingly likely that a murder investigation will be launched.

SIPTU has confirmed that its members will begin strike action at the Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant in Co Dublin from 6.30am next Tuesday morning.

Three people have been rescued from Killiney Bay in Dublin after the boat they were travelling in capsized.

MEMBERS of the public will be allowed to pay their final respects to former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald who was last night remembered as an outstanding statesman who made a lasting contribution to peace and placed Ireland at the heart of Europe.

Concluding our series on the prison system, Cormac O’Keeffe examines government penal policy and finds rehabilitation is possible.

SLAIN teenager Derek Cumiskey’s blessing going to heaven will be his ability to see all Manchester United games without a ticket.

THERE was outrage yesterday after it emerged 470 inmates were released early from Cork Prison last year because of overcrowding.

The Irish Prison Officers Association has expressed growing frustration with what it called the Government's failure to address prison overcrowding.

THE return of the revolving prison door is “inevitable”, such is the overcrowding crisis in jails, prison officers claimed yesterday.

Irish farmers deserve credit for how they have controlled the effluent from the livestock equivalent of 64 million humans. Instead, they get the Nitrates Directive, after 13 years of dithering. Stephen Cadogan reports.

IRELAND’S air and drinking water is being seriously contaminated because the Government is refusing to implement EU environment rules.

THE funeral of the former chief justice and government minister Tom O’Higgins took place in Dublin yesterday.

LEADERS from across the political divide paid tribute to former chief justice Tom O’Higgins who died yesterday.

The Labour Party is proposing a nine-point anti-joyriding initiative, which it says could be used as a possible basis to tackle the problem.

There are further calls for Shanganagh castle centre, Ireland's only open prison for juvenile offenders to be upgraded instead of being shut.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell was urged yesterday to reverse the decision to close Shanganagh Castle - the only open prison for juveniles in the country.

The Labour Party has described the Government's decision to close Shanganagh open prison as the most backward step ever taken on penal policy in Ireland.

The Prison Officers' Association says it is "bitterly disappointed" at the decision of Minister McDowell not to open a dialogue with them on the closure of Shanganagh Open Prison.

THE closure of Ireland’s only open prison for juvenile offenders will make us the shame of Europe, probation workers said yesterday.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has come under attack in the Dail over the rise in crime rates and plans to shut down Shanganagh Prison.

The Prison Officers Association is calling on the Minister for Justice to reconsider the possible closure of Shanganagh open prison.