One of four former public schoolboys tried in connection the death of an 18-year-old student was cleared today of manslaughter.

One of the four former Blackrock College students facing charges in the death of a Dublin teenager outside a nightclub over three years ago has been found guilty of manslaughter and violent disorder.

A defence barrister in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has admitted his client delivered a “sneaky kick” to the deceased but submitted that what occurred there “was an assault”.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí he gave him "two good belts" on the night he was kicked to death outside the Burlington Hotel.

The principal of Blackrock College has told the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial that he met one of the accused and another former student the morning after the incident and they wrote down their versions of what happened.

A friend of Brian Murphy has told the trial of four youths charged with killing him outside the Burlington Hotel that he punched one of the accused a number of times because he believed he was part of a gang attacking him.