Death inquest adjourned pending appeal

An inquest into the death of a mother who was stabbed to death before her house was set ablaze was adjourned yesterday pending an appeal by the man convicted of her murder.

Coroner for South Cork, Frank O’Connell, said he had no option but to adjourn the inquest into the death of Olivia Dunlea O’Brien, 36, in Co Cork, just over two years ago.

Ms Dunlea O’Brien’s body was found upstairs in her home in Pembroke Crescent, Passage West, Co Cork, on February 17, 2013, after firefighters were called to a blaze at the house.