Rachel O'Reilly's mother, Rose Callaly, has been giving evidence at the trial of her son-in-law, Joe O'Reilly, who is charged with the murder of his wife in October 2004.
Mrs Callaly said she received a phone call from Joe O'Reilly at her home in Collins Avenue in Dublin on 4 October 2004. She said that shortly afterwards she became extremely concerned and decided to travel to Rachel's house at The Naul, Co Dublin.
When she arrived at the house, the back door was open. She said there were some items thrown around the kitchen and the sink tap was running.
Mrs Callaly said she searched the house for Rachel and found her lying face down in her bedroom. She said it was immediately apparent that her daughter had been seriously injured and just seconds later she realised she was dead.
Mrs Callaly told the trial how she knelt and talked to her daughter, rubbing her arm. Within minutes, Mrs Callaly said, people began to arrive at the house, among them Joe O'Reilly.
She said he was upset and after checking for a pulse he put his hand to his head and said, 'Jesus, Rachel what have you done?'
Mrs Callaly has also been speaking about Joe O'Reilly's demeanour in the days after the murder.
She said that within a day or two of Rachel dying, Joe O'Reilly told the family there would be rumours about him having an affair but she said he categorically denied that this was the case on several occasions.
Rachel's friend tells of conversations
Rachel O'Reilly's friend, Jacqueline Connor, also gave evidence.
She said following the killing, Joe O'Reilly told her he was afraid he was going to be framed for murder. She said that he told her that she had to help him prove his innocence. 'Don't tell anyone,' he said. Ms Connor said she asked him if he had an alibi. He said there were a few hours not accounted for, but Rachel was.
This morning, parents from a montessori school have been giving evidence about meeting Rachel on the morning of the day she died.
The court heard that on the morning of 4 October 2004, Rachel O'Reilly dropped her son Adam off at the local montessori school. There she met with several other mothers and spoke with them briefly.
The couple's milkman said that unusually the curtains at the O'Reilly's house were drawn when he called at around 10am. Rachel's car was at the house.
Rachel's brother, Anothony Callaly, recalled that on the day she died, Joe O'Reilly rang his parents' house and asked if she was there. Over the next hour or so frantic calls to the gardaí and emergency services were made by the family.
Mr Callaly said that when he arrived at his sister's house that afternoon, he realised Rachel was dead.
He said he had a good relationship with Joe O'Reilly and his nephews and he said he was extremely close to Rachel.
In her evidence, one mother, Naomi Gargin, said she decided not to offer further help to Joe O'Reilly with the children following his wife's death because he said she may be identified as someone he was having an affair with.
He told her that people were following him and reading his text messages.
