A jury was today asked to consider the evidence in the case of a man who was described as being butchered in his own home.

The girlfriend of a man who was stabbed to death in their Dublin flat has told a court his killer fancied her and was trying to get rid of the competition.

A man has gone on trial accused of murdering a 53-year-old man at his Dublin home in September 2012.

Bail was refused yesterday to the Corkman who wanted to attend the funeral of his brother, whose body was found in a plastic bag at a flat in Dublin.

A brother of the murder victim, whose body was discovered in a plastic bag at a flat on Dublin’s Prussia Street last weekend, applied yesterday to be released from jail for the funeral.

A man has appeared in court today charged with impeding the investigation into the murder of a man whose body was found hidden in a wardrobe at his flat on Prussia Street in Dublin at the weekend.

The brother of a man accused of murdering 53-year-old Christopher Jackson, who was stabbed to death at his home in Dublin last week, has been charged with covering up the crime.

A man was refused bail today after he was accused of helping to cover up the murder of a 53-year-old man found stabbed to death at his home in Dublin at the weekend.

A 35-year-old man is due in court later in connection with the death of a man in Dublin at the weekend.

A man stated “no response” after he was charged with the murder of a 53-year-old neighbour, who was found stabbed to death at his home in Dublin at the weekend, a court was told today.

A man is due before court today charged in connection with a violent death in the capital.

A man has told gardaí he killed his friend over the weekend because he “no longer liked him”.

The man who has been stabbed to death and his body wrapped in a plastic bag before it was dumped in a wardrobe has been named locally as Christopher Jackson.

Amid fears Hong Kong is allowing a deadly respiratory virus to spread overseas, officials prepared today to check all departing air travellers for fevers as they battled the international perception the city is unsafe.