A trial has heard a homeless man died from catastrophic head injuries before being set on fire in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

A garda who found the burning body of homeless man Gerard Donnelly in the Phoenix Park in Dublin has told the Central Criminal Court he initially thought it was a mannequin.

A murder trial has heard that a homeless man found on fire in a Dublin park had almost €150,000 in funds just weeks before his body was found ablaze.