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Patrick Quirke was convicted after a 15-week trial at the Central Criminal Court

Legal teams fees in Quirke case revealed

The senior barrister who led the prosecution team that secured the conviction of 50-year-old Patrick Quirke for the murder of Bobby 'Mr Moonlight' Ryan received over €155,000 in fees for his work in the case.

Courts • 23 May 19

Patrick Quirke set to appeal murder conviction

Tipperary farmer Patrick Quirke, who was jailed for life earlier this month after he was found guilty of the murder of Bobby Ryan, is to appeal his conviction.

Courts • 21 May 19

Bobby Ryan's daughter Michelle (right) outside court last week

Bobby Ryan's daughter 'will never forgive' Quirke

The daughter of the late Bobby Ryan, Michelle Ryan, speaks to Marian Finucane in an exclusive interview about the ordeal of the last eight years since her father was murdered by Patrick Quirke.

Crime • 04 May 19

Michelle Ryan spoke to reporters outside court

'We got justice for daddy' - Ryan family reaction

Bobby Ryan's daughter has said they "got justice for daddy" after Patrick Quirke was convicted of his murder in 2011.

Courts • 01 May 19

Fifty-year-old Patrick Quirke has today been found guilty of murder

Read: Quirke's letter to agony aunt before DJ's death

During the Quirke murder trial, the jury heard about a letter alleged to have been written by Patrick Quirke to a Sunday newspaper agony aunt, outlining the end of his affair with Mary Lowry.

Courts • 01 May 19

There was no reaction from Quirke as the guilty verdict was read out

Patrick Quirke found guilty of murdering Bobby Ryan

Tipperary farmer Patrick Quirke has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Bobby Ryan in June 2011.

Courts • 01 May 19

Patrick Quirke denies murdering Bobby Ryan in June 2011

Quirke jury to resume deliberations tomorrow

The jury in the trial of a 50-year-old man accused of murdering his alleged "love rival" and putting his body in an underground tank will resume its deliberations tomorrow.

Courts • 23 Apr 19

Bobby Ryan's body was found on a farm leased from Mary Lowry

Murder trial hears evidence from Mary Lowry's brother

A court has heard that a man accused of murder described the victim's partner in derogatory terms after his son died in a tragedy over six and a half years ago.

Courts • 29 Mar 19

Mary Lowry returned to the witness box today to confirm it was her voice on the recording

Recording of Mary Lowry found on seized hard drive

The jury in the Tipperary murder trial has heard that an audio recording of Mary Lowry talking to a man she began dating almost a year after the disappearance of Bobby Ryan was found on a hard drive seized from the home of Patrick Quirke.

Courts • 28 Mar 19

Bobby Ryan went missing in June 2011 and his body was found in April 2013

Pathologist believes Ryan was killed by blunt object

A pathologist has told the Tipperary murder trial he believes Bobby Ryan died from head injuries caused by blows from a blunt object rather than an impact from a vehicle.

Courts • 27 Mar 19

Bobby Ryan's body was found in a disused tank at Mary Lowry's farm

Evidence of text messages at Tipperary murder trial

The jury in the Tipperary murder trial has heard Mary Lowry received an anonymous text message months after her boyfriend disappeared to say she was hiding something and was being watched.

Courts • 14 Mar 19

Patrick Quirke is accused of the murder of Bobby Ryan

Garda gives evidence on note found at Quirke home

A garda has told a Tipperary murder trial that forensic testing on a sheet of paper found at the home of a man accused of murder showed indentations of writing which said "what the guards will know".

Courts • 13 Mar 19

Bobby Ryan's body was found in a disused run-off tank at his girlfriend Mary Lowry's farm two years after he went missing

Handwritten note of questions seized from Quirke home

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a hand written note containing questions about Bobby Ryan's disappearance was found at the home of the man who is on trial for his murder.

Courts • 12 Mar 19

Petrick Quirke has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Bobby Ryan

Accused says he instinctively knew body was Bobby Ryan

Murder accused Patrick Quirke told gardaí he instinctively knew the body he found in an underground tank was that of missing man Bobby Ryan.

Courts • 28 Feb 19

Patrick Quirke has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Bobby Ryan

Quirke says answers to his questions were 'intriguing'

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard Patrick Quirke said Mary Lowry's answers to his questions about her boyfriend's disappearance were "intriguing" and "strange".

Courts • 14 Feb 19

Patrick Quirke has pleaded not guilty to the murder

Tipperary murder trial told of garda searches of farm

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been hearing further evidence about garda searches of a farm in Co Tipperary in the days after Bobby Ryan went missing.

Courts • 12 Feb 19

Court hears murder accused 'knew' of underground tank

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a man on trial for murder knew of the existence of an underground tank where a body was found.

Courts • 05 Feb 19

Mary Lowry was giving evidence for a second day

Witness says accused was 'unperturbed' when body found

A witness in the Tipperary murder trial has told the Central Criminal court that murder accused Pat Quirke seemed unperturbed after the body of Bobby Ryan was found on her farm in April 2013.

Courts • 30 Jan 19

Mary Lowry was giving evidence in the trial of Patrick Quirke

Witness tells murder trial accused was 'overpowering'

A witness has told the Central Criminal Court that a man now on trial for murder was overpowering and intimidating, and made constant demands for money.

Courts • 29 Jan 19

Bobby Ryan

Legal teams fees in Quirke case revealed

Patrick Quirke set to appeal murder conviction

Bobby Ryan's daughter 'will never forgive' Quirke

'We got justice for daddy' - Ryan family reaction

Read: Quirke's letter to agony aunt before DJ's death

Patrick Quirke found guilty of murdering Bobby Ryan

Quirke jury to resume deliberations tomorrow

Murder trial hears evidence from Mary Lowry's brother

Recording of Mary Lowry found on seized hard drive

Pathologist believes Ryan was killed by blunt object

Evidence of text messages at Tipperary murder trial

Garda gives evidence on note found at Quirke home

Handwritten note of questions seized from Quirke home

Accused says he instinctively knew body was Bobby Ryan

Quirke says answers to his questions were 'intriguing'

Tipperary murder trial told of garda searches of farm

Court hears murder accused 'knew' of underground tank

Witness says accused was 'unperturbed' when body found

Witness tells murder trial accused was 'overpowering'

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