The convicted murderer, Catherine Nevin, has lost her application to be allowed to bring her case to the Supreme Court in an effort to have her conviction quashed.
The 52-year-old widow had applied to the Court of Criminal Appeal for permission to have a number of questions relating to her trial taken to the Supreme Court.
Catherine Nevin, who was convicted in April 2000 of the murder of her husband Tom at Jack White's Inn in 1996, was not in court this morning.
In a unanimous decision, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled against the application.
The Presiding Judge, Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan, said the court was not prepared to certify any questions to go to the Supreme Court under Section 29 of the Courts of Justice Act.
Section 29 states that for questions to go to the Supreme Court there must be a point of law of exceptional public importance and it must be desirable in the public interest.
The questions related to whether journalists had to answer questions about their sources, and the trial judge's questions to prospective jurors before they were sworn in.
This is almost certainly the end of the line for Catherin Nevin's attempts to have her convictions overturned. The judgement is expected to clear the way for High Court proceedings to decide if she is entitled to any proceeds of the estate of her late husband.
