Órla O'Donnell

Legal Affairs Correspondent

Gardaí at the Satchwell home in Youghal, Co Cork in October 2023

Week 2: Jury shown footage of Satchwell home in Cork

The trial of Richard Satchwell, who is accused of the murder of his wife Tina in March 2017, continued for a second week at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin. Correspondent Órla O'Donnell looks back at the latest evidence in the case.

Courts • 11 May

Aodhan O'Faolain passed away this evening at St Vincent's University Hospital

Tributes paid as legal journalist O'Faolain dies aged 50

Tributes have been paid to legal journalist Aodhan O'Faolain, who reported on High Court, Appeal Court and Supreme Court cases for almost all national news organisations, and who has died at the age of 50.

Courts • 09 May

Tina Satchwell's remains were found buried under the couple's sitting room in Youghal

Search dog found Satchwell remains under stairs - court

The trial of Richard Satchwell, who has denied murdering his wife Tina in Cork almost eight years ago, has heard her remains were discovered under the stairs in the couple's living room by a trained victim recovery search dog.

Courts • 09 May

Richard Satchwell denies murdering his 45-year-old wife Tina Satchwell

Satchwell trial hears of online ad placed for freezer

Richard Satchwell offered a large chest freezer for free on a website a week after reporting his wife missing, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Courts • 08 May

Richard Satchwell has pleaded not guilty to murder

Garda in Satchwell case asked about search of Cork home

A senior garda who took over the investigation into the disappearance of Cork woman Tina Satchwell has said she cannot answer why an invasive search of her house in Youghal in Co Cork was not carried out until more than six-and-a-half years after she went missing.

Courts • 07 May

Tina Satchwell was reported missing by her husband in 2017

Satchwell told gardaí wife was planning to leave him

The trial of Richard Satchwell, who is accused of the murder of his wife Tina in 2017, has heard details of a specialised interview carried out by gardaí in 2021, two years before her body was discovered.

Courts • 06 May

The jury heard that Tina Satchwell was a 'petite, glamorous woman' who loved fashion and her pets

Week 1: Satchwell trial heard timeline of disappearance

Richard Satchwell went on trial this week, accused of the murder of his wife Tina who went missing in March 2017. Our Legal Affairs Correspondent, Órla O'Donnell looks back at the first week of evidence.

Ireland • 04 May

The application by Conor McGregor's lawyers to introduce fresh evidence will be held in July (File image)

McGregor in bid to introduce new evidence in rape appeal

Former mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor wants to introduce new evidence in his appeal against a civil jury's finding that he raped Nikita Hand, claiming that bruising on her body could have been caused by her former partner.

Courts • 02 May

Tina Satchwell's remains were discovered in a house in Youghal in October 2023

Media interviews shown in court in Satchwell murder trial

The jury in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who is accused of murdering his wife Tina in Cork just over eight years ago, has been watching interviews given by Mr Satchwell to media organisations in the months after her disappearance.

Courts • 01 May

Tina Satchwell was reported missing by her husband in March 2017

'Thorough, formal' search at Satchwell home in 2017

A retired garda sergeant has said a "thorough, formal" search of the home of Richard and Tina Satchwell took place in June 2017, after Ms Satchwell had been reported missing three months previously.

Courts • 30 Apr