Dublin pensioners Martin and Violet Coyne were "illegally" evicted from the house they had rented for 15 years, a court has been told.

An elderly couple have been evicted from the home they were renting in Carpenterstown in west Dublin this morning.

A judge has refused to jail pensioners Martin and Violet Coyne, who faced prison for contempt of court by defying a judge’s order to have left their home by midnight on Tuesday.