A man convicted of murdering a police officer before dismembering his body and trying to dissolve it in a bath of acid wove himself a ligature a few months before he was found hanging in his cell, an inquest has heard.

Trustees at the seminary in Maynooth are to conduct a review into the use by trainee priests of the internet and social media as part of efforts to limit “any sort of behaviour or attitude which contradicts the teaching and example of Jesus Christ” writes Noel Baker.

An “epidemic” of sexually transmitted diseases in the US has been blamed on hook-up apps like Tinder and Grindr.