An appeal against wife killer Joe O'Reilly's attempt to have his conviction quashed as a miscarriage of justice will be heard next year.
It's been just over a decade since Rose Callaly found her daughter Rachel's badly beaten body in the bedroom of her home in Naul - a home she shared with her husband Joe O'Reilly and their two children.
O'Reilly was found guilty of her murder in July 2007 and, over the course of the next five years behind bars, launched two appeals to have his conviction overturned -- both of which were unsuccessful.
The 41-year-old is now trying to have his conviction declared a miscarriage of justice. He's basing this appeal on alleged new facts, including circumstances where the book of evidence in his case was left in the jury room at his murder trial as well as meetings between various people.
In response to this latest appeal, lawyers for the State have moved to strike out O'Reilly's case and today they were given four months to prepare their application to have it dismissed.
