Wife killer Joe O’Reilly is now selling sweets and chocolate to the likes of murderer Graham Dwyer in a prison tuck shop.
The 50-year-old is supplying confectionery to lags such as fellow murderers Graham Dwyer and Mark Nash in the Midlands Prison.
O’Reilly, who bludgeoned his wife Rachel to death at their home in Naul, North Co Dublin in 2004, had previously worked in waste management inside.
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Prisoners receive pocket money of up to €2.20 a day and can earn an additional €3.50 per week in jobs under the Approved Working Gratuity Scheme.
There is one tuck shop in the prison and O’Reilly fulfils orders from inmates.
While he may not have face-to-face interactions with these prisoners, he will fulfil the order received and the items bought will then be sent to the prisoner’s cells by prison staff.
Meanwhile, sources say O’Reilly has become obsessed with Dwyer’s upcoming appeal. A source said: “He has spoken to people about it. He has a keen interest in it and the outcome of it. He believes that it could help him in some way.”
Depraved killer Dwyer, who is serving life for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, is set to have his appeal heard next month.
It comes after a significant legal victory in the European Court of Justice for Dwyer which found that Ireland’s system of retaining and accessing mobile phone metadata breaches EU law.
This type of data was key to the State’s case against Dwyer for the 2012 murder of Ms O’Hara - and the ruling could now help the convicted murderer in his appeal.
O’Reilly was similarly convicted over crucial mobile phone evidence –though his conviction pre-dates the European law.
However, sources said O’Reilly is still very interested to see how that ruling will affect Dwyer’s case – and he may then look at his own legal options.
The source added: “He is holding on to anything that might help him overthrow his conviction.”
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