A murder trial has heard that senior gardaí had unrecorded meetings with one of the main suspects and explained the Witness Protection Programme to him before he gave them any information on the killing.

A senior garda has told a murder trial that he did not follow regulations for handling informants when he dealt with the case’s chief prosecution witness.

The trial of four Dublin men charged with murdering a father-of-three was adjourned for the day today after one of the jurors failed to turn up.

A father-of-two on trial for murder denied that the deceased had asked him to kill one of his co-accused before that man asked him to kill the deceased.

A man has told a Dublin murder trial that he saw two men come and go on a motorbike to his neighbour’s house minutes before and after a man was murdered by a pillion passenger in a city pub.

A man involved in the killing of a father-of-three in Grumpy Jack's pub in Dublin has told a trial it was the worst mistake of his life.

A drug dealer-turned State witness in a murder trial has denied being a Garda informer for several years before the Dublin killing.

The chief prosecution witness in a Dublin murder trial has agreed that his identification of one of the accused as the getaway driver was based on seeing the back of his head.

A man involved in planning a murder in Dublin more than two years ago was granted immunity from prosecution after he gave statements against four other men.

Four Dublin men have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with murdering a father-of-three in a city pub two years ago.

A 26-year-old man today became the fourth man remanded in custody charged over a gangland style murder in a pub.