The man accused of murdering a 38-year-old woman gave evidence of meeting the deceased on a 10-week course called Effective Communication for Better Relationships.

The man accused of murdering a 38-year-old woman told gardaí she was happy in her dying moments as they both sang songs together.

The man who allegedly beat a woman to death told the first gardaí on the scene that he just pushed her to get some more room in bed.

A new jury will be sworn in tomorrow to hear the case against a 44-year-old man who denies the murder of 38-year-old Nicola Collins in a flat over a shop in Cork in March 2016.

Nicola was more than a statistic marking the increase in violence in our society, she was a person whose loss is felt keenly by her family and friends, writes Anne Lucey.

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