Convicted wife killer Joseph O’Reilly has failed in yet another bid for freedom from the life sentence he is serving for murder.

A RETIRED garda who played a leading role in the jailing of wife-killer Joe O’Reilly said he did not initially suspect him.

Convicted murderer Joe O'Reilly has today lost his appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife Rachel at their home in The Naul, Co Dublin.

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.

Mr Justice Barry White was today forced to discharge a juror in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly after it emerged she had had a conversation with another person during jury selection.