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Irish Mirror
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Paul Healy

Mother of Rachel Callaly claims Graham Dwyer verdict is 'green light for murderers'

SLAIN Rachel Callaly’s mother believes Graham Dwyer’s European Court victory has given psychos across Ireland “the green light” to get away with murder.

In an exclusive interview, Rose Callaly, whose daughter Rachel was brutally murdered by her husband Joe O’Reilly in 2004, said she was “absolutely devastated” by the European Court of Justice’s ruling this week that Ireland’s system of retaining and accessing mobile phone metadata breaches EU law.

All of that data was key to the State’s case against Dwyer for the 2012 murder of Elaine O’Hara — and the ruling could now significantly help the convicted murderer in his appeal.

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