4 d. ago Man’s appeal bid over double murder conviction delayed after judge forgets he heard original trial

Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said he ‘should have remembered’ hearing trial of Jason O’Driscoll in 2017

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1 week ago Jozef Puska's brother denied telling someone to dispose of knife used to murder Ashling Murphy

Lubomir Puska Jnr also denied that he had asked anyone to dispose of the clothes worn by his brother on the day he murdered the schoolteacher.

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1 week ago Jozef Puska revealed three stab wounds on night of Ashling Murphy murder, court hears

Murderer told his brother he was stabbing himself when schoolteacher ran past and told him to stop, gardaí told

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1 week ago Jozef Puska ‘not in a good mood’ on day of Ashling Murphy murder, court told

Murderer’s two brothers and their wives have pleaded not guilty to withholding information or to assisting Jozef Puska

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1 week ago Puska seemed like he had 'problem he didn't want to share' on day of Ashling Murphy's murder, court told

Lubomir Puska Jnr apologised for lying to gardaí over whether he had seen his brother on the day the schoolteacher was murdered.

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1 week ago Jozef Puska was 'a bit sad' on day of Ashling Murphy murder, court hears

23-year-old Ashling Murphy was out jogging on the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly, when she was murdered

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1 week ago Marek Puska ‘logically inferred’ his brother had murdered Ashling Murphy, trial hears

Two of Jozef Puska’s brothers and their partners are on trial for helping him after he committed the murder

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1 week ago Jozef Puska told brother he 'cut' a woman and it was 'probably bad', court hears

Marek Puska (L) and Lubomir Puska (R) are accused of withholding information that was crucial to the investigation into Ashling Murphy's murder in January 2022

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2 w. ago Brother of Ashling Murphy murderer told gardaí back medication was affecting his memory

Marek Puska (36) is accused of withholding information crucial to investigation into teacher’s murder

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2 w. ago Jozef Puska's brother said he couldn't tell gardaí more because of medication for back problems

Marek Puska (36) is accused of withholding information that was crucial to the investigation into Ms Ashling Murphy’s murder.

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2 w. ago Gardaí sifted fireplace ashes at Jozef Puska’s family home while investigating Ashling Murphy murder

Murderer’s two brothers and their wives have pleaded not guilty to withholding information or to assisting Jozef Puska

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2 w. ago Ashling Murphy 'kicked out hard' during struggle with murderer, eye witness tells trial

Some of Puska’s family members are accused of withholding crucial information after the 2022 murder.

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2 w. ago Gardaí sifted through ashes at Ashling Murphy killer's home looking for evidence he burned his clothes

Gardaí became aware that the then suspect's clothes may have been burned in the fireplace at the Puska home in Mucklagh, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

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2 w. ago Tina Satchwell's cause of death could not be determined due to skeletal nature of remains, trial hears

The court heard a dressing gown belt had been knotted to the front of Tina’s chest in a ‘very unusual position’, which the Assistant State Pathologist said is often used for carrying a body.

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2 w. ago ‘It’s either him or me’: Woman (34) jailed for murdering abusive partner as he slept

Trial of Julie Ann McIlwaine (34) in Belfast heard she was bullied, assaulted by James Joseph Crossley

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2 w. ago Four relatives of Jozef Puska go on trial accused of withholding information

The trial is expected to last up to five weeks.

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2 w. ago Gardaí deny Richard Satchwell was forced to do ‘perp walk’ after he was charged with murdering wife

Trial hears members of press tweeted accused was going to be charged before gardaí had actually done so

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2 w. ago Jozef Puska family members accused of withholding information and burning his clothes after Ashling Murphy murder

The trial has begun of two brothers and their wives, who are accused of withholding information or assisting Jozef Puska

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2 w. ago Four go on trial accused of assisting Ashling Murphy’s killer Jozef Puska

Murderer’s two brothers and their wives are accused of withholding information or assisting Puska

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3 w. ago Richard Satchwell claimed to doctor after wife went missing that she had assaulted him on ‘multiple occasions’

Accused man (58), of Grattan Street, Youghal, Co Cork, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Tina Satchwell (45) in 2017

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