A witness told the jury at a murder trial today the accused “lost the plot” claiming his girlfriend cheated on him and he hit her and pushed her and threw what looked like an office laminator at the victim.

A 26-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the death of Amy McCarthy in Cork city has been released without charge.

The sister of a woman who was found dead in a derelict building in Cork City last week has told mourners at her funeral that she will “always be around” through her baby son, writes Joe Leogue.

Gardaí are hoping an autopsy, to be carried out later today, will give them some indication as to how a young mother died in a squat in Cork City.