COCAINE was found in the system of a 34-year-old man stabbed to death in a drunken row at his home in Tralee, assistant state pathologist Dr Margot Bolster yesterday told a murder trial.

A 34-YEAR-OLD man was heard to say “my own brother stabbed me” after sustaining a fatal knife wound to the heart, a murder trial was told yesterday at the Central Criminal Court in Tralee.

A FATHER of five, allegedly stabbed by his brother during a new year’s party at his home, died hours later in hospital from his injuries, the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

ABUSE was hurled at a 31-year-old man as he left a courthouse yesterday after being charged with the murder of his brother, on New Year’s Eve.