Inheritance law probe as prison delays Eamonn Lillis exit

Legal experts are set to make recommendations on whether or not killers such as Eamonn Lillis should be barred from inheriting assets, such as the family home, from their victims.

The review by the Law Reform Commission - due to be completed in late July - is also examining if judges should be given discretion in such cases, particularly where a manslaughter follows lengthy periods of violence, such as domestic abuse.

The development comes as Lillis was due to be released late last night or early this morning from Wheatfield Prison. It followed a day of speculation that he was about to be released, resulting in media camping outside the gates of the west Dublin jail since early yesterday.