The blaze took place outside a house in the Quarry Road area of Knockloughrim in the early hours of Tuesday.

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The judge was informed, in evidence, that the accused told police he suffered from schizophrenia and had not taken his medication for five days

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Nadine Lott's mother, Claire, described the scene at her daughter's apartment as "the sight of a horror movie"

The family statement said: "Nadine Lott loved life, she lived for her daughter. Anyone who had the pleasure of meeting Nadine could not help but be touched by her and her zest for life."

An investigation into Raj Teekoy’s death is now underway

One witness told the court that the defendant had no top on and had "blood on his belly" on the afternoon of the alleged killing

Grace Miano had also told psychiatrists that she had been inhabited by the spirits of Princess Diana and other British royals

The jury accepted the State's case that Gehlen had displayed the "ultimate in toxic masculinity" by stabbing his wife to death in an effort to control the end of their marriage

The jury in the murder trial had a 10-minute break before they resumed hearing evidence which the judge described as "not the norm"

The Anne Colomines murder trial heard that Renato Gehlen said he took a yellow kitchen knife and sliced his arms and legs

A garda told the court that the accused "said he tried to kill himself because she was his family."

The court heard a laptop registered to "Anne" had some spy software downloaded onto it that was used to discover usernames and passwords

The court also heard that on the night Anne Colomines died, she exchanged 296 messages with a new boyfriend she had met a few months earlier in France.

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An 11am requiem mass will be live-streamed from St Michael's Church in Lixnaw

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Mr Dowdall launched a High Court challenge earlier this year against the jurisdiction of the non-jury Special Criminal Court SCC to hear his trial

— sit back and enjoy the way the story lurches off in weird, unpredictable directions 

The trial of a man accused of murdering an early morning gym-goer and the attempted murder of coach Pete Taylor at Bray Boxing Club has collapsed

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A man suspected of the murder of Conor O’Brien is being questioned after he showed off a gun at a pub in Carlow Town on Tuesday night

The body of Conor O’Brien was found at a property on the Trim Road in Enfield on the morning of Friday, August 27

Two people were arrested over the death of an 84-year-old man in the Dromore area on June 30

Mr Macron said that if the "person condemned" agreed to come to France, a new trial "could be organised".

Jury at inquest of Tadg, Mark and Diarmuid O'Sullivan called for a review of Garda protocols as it emerged a relative of the murder victim had raised concerns with gardaí about the safety of Mark and his mother Anne

The 72-year-old grandmother, Mary O’Keeffe, was found dead in a burnt-out car

The teenager is also charged with robbery of another woman, a threat to kill a shopkeeper, and production of a knife while attempting to rob a third woman

The jury accepted the State's case that this was a case of murder and "nothing short of murder"

Supt McCarthy said it was very important to remember that the person "at the very centre of this trial was Nadine"

Mr Justice Michael MacGrath told the jury on leaving: "Don't speak to anyone about the case and keep as far away as possible from media coverage."

The inquest is beginning at Mallow Courthouse this afternoon

Of the 265 rape trials completed, there were 118 convictions.

Just under two weeks before her death, Nadine told Mr Murtagh: "Nothing is ever going to happen between us again, I want to make that clear."