A Kildare man accused of murdering his ex-partner by stabbing her six times phoned the emergency service hours before the stabbing as he had concerns for her welfare.

A jury in a trial of a man accused of murdering his ex-partner has heard evidence of phone records between the victim's mobile phone and the accused's mobile phone.

A jury has heard phone conversations took place between a 50-year-old Kildare man and his ex-partner before he called to her home and stabbed her to death.

A 49-year-old Kildare man has admitted killing a young mother in Athy last May.

A MAN was remanded in custody last night over the killing of a mother-of-one in Co Kildare.

A man was remanded in custody tonight over the killing of a mother of one.

A man remains in custody in Kildare this morning in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old mother of one in Athy.

GARDAÍ have launched a murder investigation after a young Kildare mother was stabbed to death in her bed following a domestic row.

A murder investigation was under way tonight after a mother-of-one was stabbed to death.