Jozef Puska has been granted legal aid to appeal his conviction for murdering school teacher Ashling Murphy.
Puska (33), with an address at Lynally Grove, Mucklagh, Co Offaly, had pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Murphy at Cappincur, Tullamore, Co Offaly on January 12 2022.
A jury convicted him by a unanimous verdict following a trial last year.
Jurors found that Puska stabbed Ms Murphy 11 times in the neck and slashed her once with the edge of a blade before leaving her to die in the thick thorns and brambles by the side of the canal towpath between Tullamore town and Digby Bridge.
Puska will be entitled to the same legal representation he had for his trial at the Central Criminal Court - a solicitor, senior counsel and two junior counsel.