Quadruple killer John Geary's second bid for freedom turned down by parole board

The Central Criminal Court was told his motive for the murders was most likely jealousy that his former girlfriend had started a new relationship

Sarah Hines (left) and her son Reece who were murdered by John Geary in Newcastle West, Co Limerick, in 2010. Their five-month-old daughter Amy and her friend Alicia Brough were also murdered by Mr Geary. File picture: Don Moloney / Press 22

Quadruple killer John Geary’s second bid for freedom has been denied by the parole board.

Geary, originally from Milford in North Cork, is serving a life sentence for the murder of his former partner Sarah Hines, their five-month-old daughter Amy, Sarah’s three-year-old son Reece, and her friend Alicia Brough from Rockchapel, Co Cork, in Ms Hines’ home in Newcastle West in Limerick on November 15, 2010.