Widow tells Kerry murder trial families were not speaking because of daughter's refusal to marry

Siobhán Dooley, the widow of Thomas Dooley, told the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork: 'They were murdering my husband in front of my eyes and my children’s eyes.'

(Left to right) Thomas Dooley and his wife Siobhan, who told the court: 'Six people gathered around him (Thomas Dooley). I saw six people gathered around him. I saw Tom (Snr) and Patrick hitting him with weapons. The only ones I saw hitting him were Tom (Snr) and Patrick.'

The widow of the man killed in a cemetery in Tralee told the murder trial on Thursday that her family were not speaking to another Dooley family because her daughter refused to marry one of them in 2019, but she would not describe it as a falling out.

The jury also heard the lawyer for the dead man’s brother — who is one of the six accused of murder — state that he was actually trying to protect his brother during an attack by others.