Ballistics experts fired bullets at tea towels to see if a murder accused was correct when he said he shot his uncle from 30 feet, a murder trial has heard.

A Dubliner who shot his uncle dead told gardaí the deceased had got into bed with him when he was a child.

A man who shot his uncle dead after a fist fight between two other people initially told gardaí that a gunman had come “out of nowhere” and shot him.

A man told gardaí that he shot his uncle dead ‘in the heat of the moment’ after his uncle made a comment about somebody who had made an allegation of sexual abuse against him (the deceased).

The widow of a man shot dead by his nephew said her husband came home from the pub ‘very upset and frightened’ the week before the killing, after the accused had ‘threatened him’.

A man has gone on trial charged with the murder of his uncle 18 months ago.

A Dublin man has gone on trial charged with the murder of his uncle Edward O’Connor in Finglas, Dublin 18 months ago.

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court this morning charged in connection with the murder of Edward O'Connor.

Police were expected to make more arrests today following the trouble at Drumcree which left 31 police officers injured.

Three men have been detained by police as Orange Order chiefs pledge disciplinary action against members who attacked officers at Drumcree.

Three men have appeared in court in the North in connection with an attack on police lines at the controversial Orange Order parade in Portadown, Co Armagh, yesterday.