Husband of strangled hotelier released to await trial

THE husband of strangled hotelier Siobhán Kearney has been released from custody to wait at home for trial for his wife’s murder.

Brian Kearney, 50, was ordered to surrender his passport and sign on daily at his local Garda station as part of the conditions of his release. The restrictions mean he will be unable to travel to the hotel he and his late wife ran on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Kearney was arrested last week and charged with the murder of Siobhán, 38, at their Dublin home at Knocknashee, Goatstown, where they spent the winter months while the hotel in Spain was closed.