State seeks to dismiss O’Reilly’s murder appeal

The State is to bring an application to dismiss an appeal brought by Joe O’Reilly, who is seeking to have his conviction for murdering his wife declared a miscarriage of justice.

In July 2007, O’Reilly was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife at their home in the Naul, Co Dublin.

This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the discovery of the badly-beaten body of Rachel Callaly, 30, who was found in the bedroom of her home on October 4, 2004.