Murder charges against seven people have been dropped after five of them pleaded guilty to Dale Creighton’s manslaughter and their two co-accused pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

The murder charges against seven Dubliners have been dropped, after five of them pleaded guilty to Dale Creighton’s manslaughter and their two co-accused pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

One of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man who was beaten to death said he had hit him because the deceased had pulled a knife on him and stolen his sister’s phone.

One of seven people accused of murdering a man on a footbridge in Dublin claims he tried to help him and left when things started getting out of hand.

One of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, said the deceased was already ‘black and blue and bleeding from his eyes’ before he punched him.

The trial of seven people charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, has heard that another man seen punching and kicking him repeatedly was charged with assault causing harm.

The trial of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, has heard that another man seen punching and kicking him repeatedly was charged with assault causing harm.

One of seven people accused of murdering Dale Creighton in Dublin told Gardaí that he took a knife off his alleged victim on the night in question.

The trial of seven people charged with murder has heard that two of them had blood on their clothing shortly after a group was seen fleeing the bridge where Dale Creighton was found unconscious.

One of seven people accused of murdering Dale Creighton in Dublin has pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

The jury in the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murder has seen footage of what the prosecutor described as a “vicious, prolonged and sustained attack” involving kicks and stamps to the 20-year-old’s head and body, after which he was thrown “like a rag doll”.

A jury at the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murdering 20-year-old Dale Creighton were warned not to search for information on the internet or discuss the case with anyone.

Six men and one woman have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dale Creighton in January 2014.

A man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for assaulting 20 year old Dale Creighton, who died in hospital after being attacked in Tallaght in Dublin on New Year's Day.

Seven people charged with murdering a man in Dublin on New Year's Day will have to wait to find out what evidence has been gathered in their cases.

Six men and a woman have appeared in court charged with the murder of Dale Creighton in Tallaght last January.

Seven men and one woman, all aged in their 20s, have been charged in connection with the death of a man in Tallaght on New Year's Day last.

A judge says he's worried about a "total breakdown" in social order in Tallaght in Dublin.

Gardaí are hunting a crime gang who were interrupted by officers while dumping the body of a man wearing a bullet-proof vest in rural Dublin at the weekend.

Eight people are due back in court this morning charged in connection with the death of Dale Creighton in Dublin on New Year's Day.

A row over a move in a chess game is believed to have been a factor in the latest in a series of violent deaths across Ireland since the start of the new year.

A judge has called on the local council to demolish a footbridge in Tallaght in Dublin following an assault there that led to the tragic death of 20-year-old Dale Creighton.

Two more men aged in their 20s will appear before Tallaght District Court in Dublin tomorrow morning charged in connection with the death of Dale Creighton.

Two people have appeared in court in Dublin charged in connection with the death of Dale Creighton in Tallaght, while two more peole have been arrested.

Two people are due in court this morning charged over an assault that led to the death of Dale Creighton in Dublin.

Two men aged 21 and 25 are due in court tomorrow morning charged in connection with a serious New Year’s assault that led to the death of Dale Creighton.

A fourth person has appeared in court charged in connection with a serious New Year’s Day assault in Tallaght that led to the death of 20-year-old Dale Creighton.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court in Dublin charged in connection with a fatal attack in Tallaght on New Year’s Day.

A 20-year-old man is to appear in court tomorrow charged in relation to the death of a man following a serious assault in Tallaght in the early hours of New Year's Day.