A prosecuting barrister has told a jury that the issue they have to decide is whether the accused pulled the trigger and discharged the bullet that killed the deceased in a Dublin pub two years ago.

A Dublin murder trial has heard that the deceased died as a result of "laceration of the brain and inter-cranial haemorrhage due to a gunshot wound".

The chief eyewitness in a murder trial has told the Central Criminal Court he did not tell the full story to gardaí in his first statement because he was in fear of his life.

A jury in a murder trial has heard that the deceased was shot once in the head in a busy Dublin pub in 2003 because he owed money for his protection.

DETECTIVES were last night confident of tracking down a cold-blooded killer who sat in a pub for at least 45 minutes looking at his victim prior to shooting him dead.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of killing a drug dealer today failed to reach a verdict.

The jury in a Dublin pub murder trial retired to a hotel last night after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of a gangland style shooting in a Dublin pub last year are expected to retire to consider their verdict today.

The man accused of a gangland style murder in a pub in Inchicore, Dublin, claimed in an interview shortly after the shooting that he was in Tallaght eating steak at the time.

The course of the fatal bullet through a murder victim’s head was confirmed at a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court today.

A man killed in a Dublin pub last year was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying a pistol when he got shot in the head, a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The manager of a Dublin pub recalled the sound of the fatal gun shot which went off just minutes before she finished her shift., a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court today.

At a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court today a witness told that the victim had lived in fear of a gang called the "Morans".

A man accused of killing a drug dealer had kidnapped a Tallaght gang member on his behalf, the Dublin Central Criminal Court heard today.

A witness at the Central Criminal Court today described the chaos which ensued after a shooting in an Inchicore pub packed with families on Grand National day last year.

A man who promised to provide security for a Dublin drug dealer shot him in the head instead, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A 23-YEAR-OLD man shot dead in a Dublin pub on Wednesday night is thought to have received a warning around a week ago from drug dealers he may have owed money to.

THERE have been at least 11 fatal gangland shootings so far this year — three more than the whole of last year.

Leinster Junior Rugby coach Tony Bellow has announced his squad for upcoming interprovincial fixtures.

A MAN appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of a man shot dead inside a north Dublin pub less than two weeks ago.

A 35-year-old man was appearing in court this morning accused of murdering a man at a Dublin pub earlier this month.

A MAN shot in the back of the head by the side of a deserted road in the Midlands is believed to be the latest victim of gangland violence.

DUBLIN criminal Declan Griffin had a €10,000 price on his head, it emerged yesterday.

A 38-year-old man missing since disappearing from a building site in Dublin on Saturday morning has turned up safe and well in Co Tipperary.