Joe O’Reilly faces bid to dismiss murder appeal

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Joe O’Reilly faced a State application to dismiss his murder appeal at an appeal court hearing on 8 October 2014. The conviction concerned the murder of his wife at their home in the Naul, Co Dublin.

The State was to serve its motion within three weeks, with the case remaining on the case management list until the application was heard. O’Reilly was seeking to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993.

The report said the State’s application should be heard first. O’Reilly’s separate request to inspect the Central Criminal Court file could be brought before either court.