Court order allows identification of mother accused of murdering her children

The law now been changed to remove the restriction in court cases on naming deceased children except in certain exceptional circumstances

Deirdre Morley is charged with murdering her sons Conor and Darragh and her daughter Carla. Photo: Family Handout/PA

The identity of a 44-year-old mother who is to stand trial next week accused of murdering her three young children at their family home can now be published following the lifting of a court order.

Last November at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Michael White ruled that the accused Deirdre Morley, who had been previously named by the media, could no longer be named or identified because the case concerned an alleged offence against her children. As the deceased children could not be identified, Ms Morley could not be named, as to do so would have identified them.