Two men who were arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of north Co Dublin woman Rachel O'Reilly have been released without charge and a file sent to the DPP.
The first man, aged in his 30s, was arrested in north Dublin at 10.30 a.m. this morning and was being held in Drogheda Garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. He was questioned for 12 hours about the killing but walked free at approximately 10.30 p.m. He made no comment to a group of waiting reporters.
The other man, a 44-year-old, was arrested yesterday in the Ballyfermot area at around 10 a.m. He and a 36-year-old woman, arrested in Dundrum at the same time, were questioned on lesser charges of withholding information in the case. The woman was taken to Drogheda Garda station but was expected to be released tonight also.
Ms O'Reilly was found in a bedroom at her house by her mother, Ms Rose Callely, who went to her daughter's home after Ms O'Reilly failed to collect one of her two children from creche. A post-mortem examination indicated that she had received several blows to the head with a blunt instrument.
There were no signs of a struggle between Ms O'Reilly and her attacker, and while the house had been disturbed, indicating a possible break-in, the dead woman's family have said they believe this may have been staged and that Ms O'Reilly was probably killed by somebody known to her. Money in the dead woman's purse was untouched.
