Macroom murder accused like a 'firework ready to explode' before ex-husband's death

Rita O’Driscoll said Timmy Foley (pictured) abused her from early on in their relationship.

The woman accused of murdering her ex-husband in Macroom two years ago told a psychiatrist that when she was in hospital a short time before his death she felt like a firework ready to explode.

The defence closed its case today before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury of seven women and five men at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.