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Retrospective feature on the investigation: the attack timing and location, the wounds, the identification and DNA evidence, Puska's false stabbing account, his admission through an interpreter, and his arrest after release from hospital.

Reports the Court of Appeal ruling on the sentence backdating appeal, the abandoned conviction appeal, and details of the trial evidence.

Reports the Court of Appeal's ruling on Puska's appeal against the backdating of his life sentence, and that he had abandoned his conviction appeal the week before. Adds the trial evidence (CCTV, bicycle, DNA) and the court's reasoning.

Court of Appeal ruling on the sentence start date only, after the appeal against conviction was abandoned the previous week. The article gives Puska's age as 31 in the photo caption and as 35 in the body text, so no age is recorded.

Court of Appeal refused to backdate the life sentence further than the November 2023 guilty verdict date, ending the case. Puska had abandoned his bid to overturn his conviction the week before.

Court of Appeal rejected Puska's bid to backdate his life sentence to his January 2022 arrest date, upholding trial judge Tony Hunt's decision to backdate only to the November 2023 verdict date. Judge Patrick McCarthy held that a court must exclude parole board considerations when fixing sentences.

Reports that Jozef Puska abandoned his appeal over the Ashling Murphy murder. The article text is template code with no body, so the headline is the only source for this report.

Reports that Puska abandoned his conviction appeal at the Court of Appeal on 10 July 2026, that a life sentence is being served, and that the question of backdating the sentence was adjourned for mention.

Reports that Puska abandoned his conviction appeal at the Central Criminal Court on 10 July 2026, and that the matter was listed for 16 July 2026 before a three-judge panel to deal with whether his sentence should be backdated.

Puska's conviction appeal has been abandoned in the Court of Appeal. A limited hearing on backdating his life sentence to include time in custody before conviction was set for 16 July.

Puska abandoned his conviction appeal; the backdating of his life sentence (arrest January 2022 vs verdict November 2023) remains to be heard before a three-judge panel on 16 July 2026.

Court of Appeal hearing in which Puska withdrew his conviction appeal and will pursue an appeal of his sentence, focused on the decision not to backdate his life sentence for time on remand.

Court of Appeal case management: counsel said the ambit of the appeal may change after receiving an instruction, and the matter was adjourned to July 10. Puska's appeal hearing had been set for July 15 after an April 23 date was vacated.

Reports a case management hearing at the Court of Appeal on 3 July 2026 where Puska's new barrister John Berry indicated the scope of his conviction appeal may change following new instructions, and the matter was adjourned to 10 July 2026.

Case management hearing on the conviction appeal of Jozef Puska, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ashling Murphy. The article gives Puska's age as 31 in a photo caption and 35 in the text; the text figure is used here.

Reports that Puska has abandoned his conviction appeal at the Court of Appeal on 10 July 2026, and that the matter will be listed for mention on Thursday 16 July before a three-judge panel to deal with the backdating of his life sentence.

Covers the appeal stage: the appeal due on 23 April was vacated after his barristers withdrew, a new John Berry SC was instructed, and the Court of Appeal fixed 15 July for the conviction appeal with case management on 15 May.

Reports that Judge Isobel Kennedy at the Court of Appeal set 15 July 2026 as the new date for Puska's conviction appeal after barristers Karl Monahan and Michael Bowman withdrew on 17 April 2026. John Berry has come on to represent Puska. Case management is listed for 15 May 2026. The article also provides detailed background on the murder, including the 11 stab wounds to the neck, the green and black bicycle, CCTV footage, and DNA evidence.

Reports that Puska's appeal against his murder conviction has been postponed after he changed barristers, with the hearing now listed for 24 April 2026. Also reports the earlier delay in his appeal submissions.

The appeal hearing originally set for 23–24 April 2026 was postponed after Puska's solicitor engaged a new senior counsel who could not proceed on the scheduled date. The matter was relisted for 24 April 2026.

Reports on a procedural delay in Puska's Court of Appeal hearing: his submissions were over a month late, the State was given until 14 April to file responding submissions, the April 23–24 hearing date was maintained, and a Slovakian interpreter was granted.

Covers a procedural delay in Puska's appeal against his murder conviction: his submissions were filed late, the State's response was extended to April 14, a Slovakian interpreter was granted, and the April hearing was kept.

4th anniversary tribute from boyfriend Ryan Casey and family; commemorative walk to memorial shrine; Casey discusses anger at Puska's potential release in 20 years and criticism of the justice system.

Headline only; the article body contains no text. It reports eye-witness evidence at the trial of Jozef Puska over the death of Ashling Murphy.

Reports that Puska has been granted legal aid for his appeal, with the same representation as at trial. Adds that objections to evidence at trial, including his garda confession and CCTV footage, are likely to form the basis of the appeal.

Reports that Puska was granted legal aid for his appeal, with the same legal team as his trial. It also sets out the trial evidence and the likely grounds of appeal.

Reports that Puska has been granted legal aid for his appeal against conviction, that Puska will have the same legal team as at trial, and that the trial judge's evidence rulings are likely to form the basis of the appeal.

Adds that Puska was granted legal aid for his appeal, with the same legal team as at trial. Gives his age as 33 and details of the trial evidence and verdict.

The article text is empty (only page template markup). The only information comes from the headline: legal aid granted for an appeal against the murder conviction.

Puska was one of 20 applicants granted legal aid for appeals on the Court of Appeal list that Friday. He will have the same legal team as at trial, and the article sets out the trial evidence and the grounds likely to form the basis of his appeal.

Puska was granted legal aid to appeal his murder conviction, and the article sets out the trial evidence that is likely to form the basis of the appeal.

Reports that Puska was one of 20 legal aid applicants granted aid by the Court of Appeal that day, and that defence objections at trial are likely to form the basis of his appeal.

Article gives only a headline about a family tribute on the second anniversary of the murder; the text is unrendered page template code with no other details, and the incident date is not stated.

Reports that Puska's wife Lucia Istokova is regularly visiting him in Midlands Prison, that he has lodged a Court of Appeal challenge, and that his wife and two brothers face charges of withholding information, with a Tullamore District Court date of December 20.

Preview of a TV documentary about the case, to be screened on 4 December 2023. It adds no new case developments.

The article body is empty, so only the headline is available. It does not state the incident date, the trial or conviction stage, or any names. Several existing Ashling Murphy records could match, but the headline alone does not identify one, so no case is matched.

Reports that Jozef Puska is appealing his conviction for the murder of Ashling Murphy. The article body is empty, so it gives no location, date, or court details.

Only a headline is present; the body is empty. It reports the family's fear during court proceedings in the Puska case, with no further detail.

Reports the life sentence for Jozef Puska after his trial, with the senior garda's tribute, the family's victim impact statement, and details of the investigation and the evidence, including CCTV and DNA. Notes an appeal against conviction is pending.

Only the headline is available; the body is empty. It adds the mother's account that she begged Ashling Murphy not to jog along the canal on the day of the murder.

Reports the life sentence imposed on Puska at the sentencing hearing, the judge's remarks, the family's victim statements, and trial evidence including DNA, CCTV and Puska's defence account.

Reports the sentencing hearing on 17 November 2023, the life sentence, statements from Ms Murphy's family and boyfriend, the judge's remarks on the lack of a minimum period, and the jury verdict being given the previous week.

Reports the life sentence for Jozef Puska. The article text contains only page template code, so the only usable content is the headline.

Reports the sentencing hearing on 17 November 2023, the victim impact statements from Ashling Murphy's mother and partner, and the life sentence imposed by Mr Justice Tony Hunt.

Reports the sentencing hearing after the jury verdict: life sentence imposed by Mr Justice Tony Hunt, backdated only to the verdict week, parole eligibility after 12 years, and victim impact statements from Ryan Casey, Kathleen Murphy and Amy.

The article body is empty; only the headline is available. It reports that the victim's family is to give victim statements.

Reports the jury verdict, the mandatory life sentence due on 17 November 2023, gardaí's belief that Puska had been targeting another woman earlier that day, and the evidence used at trial, including his confession.

Commentary from a forensic psychologist on the Ashling Murphy murder, as indicated by the headline. The article body is not readable and gives no facts about the case, the accused, or any court proceedings.

Reports the guilty verdict, the jury's unanimous verdict, Puska's suicide watch after a suspected attempt, the planned sentencing hearing and his prior conviction in Slovakia. Includes a psychologist's commentary on the case.

Only the headline is available. It states that the family of Ashling Murphy does not blame witnesses to her murder. No case in the list clearly matches, since the article gives no dates, names of accused people or court stage.

Reports the guilty verdict for Jozef Puska's murder of Ashling Murphy and local reaction in Tullamore, including changes in how people use the Grand Canal Loop path.

Reports the murder trial of Jozef Puska at the Central Criminal Court, his evidence through an interpreter, his demeanour in court, and the guilty verdict. Adds that the judge set 17 November for victim impact evidence.

Only the headline is available. It reports a suicide attempt by Jozef Puska before he was due to give evidence. The article does not name the victim, but the headline matches the Puska murder case.

Reports the unanimous guilty verdict on day 18 of the trial, with details of the evidence and defence account; sentencing to follow. Matched to the existing murder case for the same incident.

Reports that the jury at the Central Criminal Court is considering its verdict in the murder trial, with the judge's directions and trial evidence summarised.

Reports that the jury began deliberations on 9 November 2023 after the trial judge's directions, with the jury to return at 10.30am the next day. The article gives the trial evidence and defence account but no verdict yet.

Reports the trial stage: the jury is expected to begin deliberating, the judge's directions on the five areas of evidence, and the defence account that Puska tried to help the woman and then panicked. No verdict is reported in this article.

Trial report from the murder trial, covering witness evidence on day three, the forensic evidence, the identification parade, Puska's alleged admissions in hospital and in custody, and his refusal to comment in the final interview.

Reports the jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court, the mandatory sentence and the date for victim impact statements. Puska had denied the murder.

Reports the murder conviction after trial, the sentencing date of 17 November, and reactions from the victim's family, the Minister for Justice, the Garda Commissioner and Women's Aid.

Reports the jury's unanimous guilty verdict on day 18 of the trial, the judge's remarks, the evidence presented, and that sentencing is set for 17 November.

Reports the jury verdict finding Jozef Puska guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court, the trial evidence, and that the mandatory life sentence is to follow.

Analysis of the conviction: the article reviews the evidence the jury heard, including Puska's hospital admissions, DNA under the victim's fingernails, CCTV, eyewitness evidence and his unexplained account, and says the motive is unknown.

Reports the jury's unanimous guilty verdict after a four-week trial at the Central Criminal Court, and that Puska will be sentenced on 17 November.

Jury verdict of guilty in the murder trial of Jozef Puska; the judge is to hear victim impact statements before imposing the sentence mandated by law.

Only the headline and publication date are available; the article body is template code. The headline reports the guilty verdict in the Ashling Murphy murder case, which matches existing case 591.

Reports the jury verdict of guilty in the Central Criminal Court on 9 November 2023, after nine men and three women deliberated. Gives Puska's age as 33 and describes his defence that another man stabbed him and attacked Ms Murphy.

Covers the trial stage of the Ashling Murphy murder case, when the judge gave jurors direction. The body text is missing, so the only usable content is the headline. Several existing records cover the same murder, but none is at trial stage, so no case is matched.

Reports the jury verdict finding Puska guilty of murder on 9 November 2023, after a trial in which the jury deliberated from the Wednesday evening.

Reports the jury's unanimous guilty verdict on 9 November 2023, the stabbing evidence, the DNA match and that sentencing was set for 17 November.

Live blog headline only; the text gives no details of the victim, location, date or sentence.

Reports that the jury has begun deliberating after the judge's charge, which set out the evidence, DNA, confession, inference and lies issues. No verdict is reported.

The article body is empty apart from template code. Only the headline adds that the jury faces a stark choice in the Ashling Murphy trial. Matched to the existing murder case on the basis of the trial reference.

Reports the judge's charge to the jury and the start of deliberations on the verdict. No verdict is reported in this article.

Reports that the jury briefly began deliberating on 8 November 2023, after the judge's charge, and would return the next day. It summarises the judge's directions on DNA evidence, the alleged confession, the adverse inference from silence, and the burning of clothes, and gives the prosecution case that Puska stabbed Murphy repeatedly in the neck.

Reports the closing speeches by the prosecution and defence in the trial of Jozef Puska for the murder of Ashling Murphy, and the judge's directions to the jury.

Reports the closing speeches for the prosecution and defence, the start of the judge's charge to the jury, and that the jury is expected to begin considering its verdict later that week. No verdict is reported.

Reports the closing addresses in the murder trial, including the prosecution's claim that Puska confessed then told lies, and the defence's account that Puska said he was trying to help Murphy.

Reports that Puska was accused in court of spinning lies about Ashling Murphy's death. The article body is missing from the source, so no further details are available.

Reports the closing speeches of prosecution and defence in the murder trial, the judge's directions to the jury, and that the jury is expected to begin considering its verdict after the judge sums up.

Adds trial-stage detail: the defence closed its evidence after calling an emergency medicine and intensive care expert who questioned the reliability of the alleged confession; the prosecution closing, judge's charge and expected jury deliberation were scheduled for the following days.

The article body is empty template code, so only the headline is available. It reports medical expert evidence in the Ashling Murphy murder trial about the accused's fitness for garda interview.

Covers the final witness, a medical doctor, in the trial of Jozef Puska, who has pleaded not guilty. Closing speeches and the judge's charge to the jury are still to come.

Reports Puska's evidence in his own defence during the murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, including his admission that he lied to gardaí and his account of being a witness. The article does not report a verdict.

Covers the accused's cross-examination and the defence evidence in the ongoing murder trial. The trial continues on Monday, with one more witness before the evidence concludes.

Reports the accused's evidence on the 14th day of his trial: he claimed a stranger stabbed him and then attacked Ms Murphy, and he admitted lying to gardaí and asking for his clothes to be burned.

Puska's court testimony that he was stabbed by the same person who attacked Ashling Murphy. The article body is template code with no further details.

Reports Puska's evidence in his defence at trial, in which he says he was a witness to the murder and was stabbed by the same attacker. Confirms he is cross-examined by prosecution counsel and that his evidence continues the next afternoon.

Puska completed his evidence in his defence at the Central Criminal Court, saying he witnessed the killing, tried to help Murphy, and was stabbed by another man. He accepted under cross-examination that he had previously lied to gardaí, and the prosecution said he had concocted another set of lies.

Reports Puska taking the stand, his account of cycling in Tullamore and his answers to a witness, the closing of the prosecution case, and the garda interview material read to the jury. The jury was sent home on the second day of his evidence and the trial continues.

Covers the accused's evidence at trial, the Garda interviews read to the jury, the Garda press office email and the Garda finding about the email sender. Records the accused's not guilty plea and the stab-wound cause of death.

The article is a trial report from 2 November 2023 in which Puska gave evidence. The body contains only template code, so the only detail is the headline.

Only the headline is available. It reports that the accused told gardaí he knew nothing about the killing, as heard in court. The case details come from the existing record.

Adds prosecution evidence from Puska's garda interviews, his alleged hospital admission, and an email confession sent the day before his arrest, which gardaí ruled out. The trial was continuing.

Live blog reporting that Jozef Puska took the witness stand in his murder trial on 2 November 2023. It adds no details about the incident, the evidence or the outcome.

Only the headline is usable. It reports that the Ashling Murphy murder trial was adjourned for a day after a 'first speed bump'. The body contains no details.

Reports that no evidence was heard on 1 November 2023 because the trial hit a 'first speed bump' for reasons the judge did not disclose, and that it was due to resume at 11.15am the next day. Prosecutor Anne-Marie Lawlor SC said her final two witnesses would give evidence.

Reports that the murder trial was paused on 1 November 2023 with no evidence heard that day, and gives the number of days of evidence heard and witnesses still to be called.

Reports that the murder trial was adjourned for a day and the jury sent away until Thursday after an unexplained delay, with the trial due to resume then.

Live blog of the trial's session on 1 November 2023. The trial started on 17 October, the judge said the trial could not proceed that day, and the jury was told to return the next day.

Reports that the trial was adjourned on 1 November 2023 after the jury was told it could not proceed that day, with the final two prosecution witnesses still to be heard. Mr Justice Tony Hunt told jurors the matter was a "first speed bump" and that it did not concern them.

Reports that the jury will hear no evidence on 1 November 2023 because of a delay outside the court's control. The jury has heard eleven days of evidence and the prosecution has two further witnesses to call.

Reports pharmacology evidence from Prof Michael Ryan that drugs given to Puska in hospital would not have affected his admissions made around 6pm on 14 January 2022. Trial is ongoing and the prosecution case is due to conclude the next day.

Covers day-of-trial expert evidence from Professor Michael Ryan on oxycodone and anaesthetic levels, and the defence cross-examination of him. Confirms Puska's not guilty plea and the 14 January 2022 garda admissions.

Reports the evidence of pharmacology professor Michael Ryan at the murder trial on 31 October 2023, including the prosecution's account of Puska's alleged admissions in hospital and cross-examination about garda notes.