Killer loses bid to quash conviction

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

Mr Justice Michael Peart yesterday dismissed his application to the High Court for a declaration under Article 40 of the Constitution that his detention in the Midlands Prison is unlawful and directing his release.

O’Reilly, aged 38, was convicted three years ago of the murder of his 30-year-old wife, Rachel, at their bungalow home at The Naul, Co Dublin in Oct 2004.