After the shooting, Kierans went to The Square bar in Bailieborough where a "siege" took place.

A man found guilty of shooting his wife dead in an act of gross negligence must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against his conviction and sentence.

A murder trial has heard that the body of a Cavan woman Patricia Kierans was found by gardai lying on the floor of a bedroom next to a cot at her family home.

The man suspected of murdering mother Patricia Kierans shot her shortly after she arrived home, before going on a drinking binge leading to an eight-hour siege in Bailieborough, Co Cavan.

At the height of Thursday night’s dramatic Bailieborough siege, a terrified resident had to be escorted from her home surrounded by gardaí carrying protective shields.