Notorious killer Graham Dwyer sees his last hope for freedom extinguished

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that evidence of mobile phone data was admissible at Dwyer’s trial and affirmed Dwyer’s conviction for murder

Graham Dwyer is serving a life sentence after he was convicted at the Central Criminal Court in 2015 of the murder of Elaine O’Hara. File picture

Almost from the moment he was sent to Midlands Prison in 2015 for the horrific murder of Elaine O’Hara, one of Ireland’s most notorious killers had been working diligently to overturn that conviction.

The decision on Wednesday by the Supreme Court to deny 51-year-old architect Graham Dwyer’s final appeal against that conviction saw a truly dangerous man finally run out of road, and belatedly brought closure to a crime that shocked the nation.