The Cork man on trial for murdering his mother was freaked out about not being able to talk to women and he drank two bottles of wine before allegedly arguing with his mother and stabbing her in the back of the head with considerable force.

A PIZZA delivery man who was caught with €120,000 worth of cocaine in the Douglas area of Cork was sentenced to six years in jail yesterday with the second half of it suspended.

Ian Bailey was described today as a strange, bohemian type of character, who was rumoured to howl at the moon, a witness said in court as the seven newspapers began their defence in a libel action against them.