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A Dublin man has today lost his appeal against his convictions for stabbing two Polish mechanics through the head with a screwdriver.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a Dublin man seeking to have his conviction overturned for the double murder of two Polish mechanics.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today heard that the jury who convicted a Dublin man of the double murder of two Polish mechanics arrived at their verdict appropriately, having been given fair and balanced directions by the trial judge.

A Dublin man who was found guilty of the double murder of two Polish mechanics has begun an attempt to have his conviction overturned at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

THE suspects for the murder of teenager David Byrne were identified by CCTV cameras that were installed following the double murder of two Polish men in the same area three years ago, the Irish Examiner has learned.

A father-of-one was out on bail for several crimes when he attacked two Polish mechanics with the man who murdered them.

GETTING up at 3.50am to present the early Newstalk radio show means my body clock doesn’t understand bank holiday weekends.

BRUTAL, savage and sadistic is how the murders of two Polish men were described by the judge who jailed their killer yesterday.

A HOMICIDE support group has criticised the decision not to impose two consecutive life sentences on the man found guilty of the brutal murders of Pawel Kalite and Mariusz Szwajkos.

Brutal, savage and sadistic is how the murder of two Polish men was described by the judge who jailed their killer today.

A Dublin teenager has received two life sentences for what was today described as the "brutal and savage" murders of two Polish men.

Nineteen-year-old David Curran is to be sentenced today for stabbing two Polish men in the head with a screwdriver outside their Dublin home.

AN eerie silence in courtroom 19 of the Central Criminal Court was only broken by cries of relief.

A 19-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering two Polish mechanics by stabbing them in their heads with a screw driver.

The jury has been told it can return a majority verdict in the trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering two Polish men outside their home.

The jury in the trial of two Dublin men accused of the murders of two Polish mechanics will resume its deliberations tomorrow having so far failed to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of two Dubliners charged with murdering two Polish men has been told the three teenagers with the defendants were an active catalyst that evening.

A Central Criminal Court jury has been told that if ever there was a case of murder, then the stabbing in the heads of two Polish men outside their home was it.

The killer of two Polish men has today told his murder trial that he stabbed the mechanics in their front garden because one of them shouted at them and he thought they had stabbed his father.

The trial of two Dublin men charged with murdering two Polish mechanics continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury today.

The co-accused in a double murder trial told detectives he was no rat and would not name the person who stabbed two Polish men in the heads with a screw driver.

The teenager who killed two Polish mechanics by stabbing them in their heads with a screw driver, told gardaí that he had seen his co-accused carry out the stabbings.

A friend of two Polish men’s killer came up with an alibi for him hours after he stabbed the mechanics in their heads.

Racist comments were shouted at two Polish mechanics before they were stabbed in their heads with a screwdriver outside their home, a murder trial has heard today.

A teenager who stabbed two mechanics in their heads had spent the day taking drugs and drinking alcohol and had been stabbed himself days earlier.

The State Pathologist has said two Polish men, stabbed outside their home, died of penetrating injuries to their heads, possibly caused by a cross-shaped or Phillips-type screw driver.

A number of witnesses told a Dublin murder trial that they saw or heard two Polish mechanics being killed outside their Dublin home.

At least three concerned citizens tried to prevent a fight minutes before two Polish mechanics were stabbed to death outside their Dublin home.

A Drimnagh teenager stabbed two Polish mechanics through their heads, possibly with a screwdriver, outside their Dublin home on a February evening two years ago, it has emerged.

TWELVE Irish people have been caught up in violence between Egyptian police and members of a convoy bringing humanitarian aid destined for Gaza, with their families concerned that they are entering “a war zone”.

THE greater experience of a well-balanced Galway team proved just too much for the West Waterford youngsters in Saturday’s final of the Bulmers Irish Senior Cup at Tullamore.

A WEST WATERFORD team with an average age of 20 is on the threshold of a historic and remarkable break through in the Bulmers Irish Senior Cup at Tullamore.

WEST WATERFORD’S chances of a first Bulmers Irish Senior Cup pennant at Tullamore over the weekend have taken a big blow because of the absence of key man Seamus Power.

WEST WATERFORD Golf Club created a little piece of golfing history at Thurles last evening when they captured their first senior provincial pennant by defeating Douglas in the postponed final of the Munster section of the Bulmers Irish Senior Cup.

The Central Criminal Court trial of two youths accused of killing Polish nationals Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos has been adjourned until next term following an application by defence counsel.

A date has been set for the trial of two Dublin teenagers accused of murdering two Polish nationals earlier this year.

ON THE day that a Dublin youth charged with the murders of Polish nationals Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos was sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court it has emerged that a fund of €150,000 will be given to the families of the two Polish men.

A Dublin youth charged with the murders of Polish nationals Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos was today served with the book of evidence and sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin youth charged with the murders of Polish men Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos will have to wait another four weeks before he is sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

The West Waterford Junior Boys Foursome team created history at Dungarvan last Tuesday by bringing the first All-Ireland team title to the club.