The sister of a woman who was killed in Co. Clare by a man she was having an affair with has described the way her life was taken as “cold and callous”.

The jurors in the trial of a man, charged with murdering his flatmate, have been told that his "tale of self defence" was an insult to their intelligence.

A man charged with murdering his flatmate became emotional in court today as he described hearing the man scream when he hit him with the leg of a table.

A manslaughter trial has been abandoned in the latest case to collapse over concerns about evidence by former deputy State pathologist, Dr Khalid Jaber.

The State has asked the Court of Appeal to quash a murder conviction and order a retrial after it emerged that the then deputy State pathologist Khalid Jabbar’s work was not peer-reviewed.

From a small secondary school with just 68 students and four staff members, Christ King Girls’ Secondary School is now the largest girls’ school in Munster — and celebrates 50 years in education this year.

A Co Clare man has been jailed for life for the murder of a 43-year-old woman whose body was found on a beach two years ago.

A Co Clare man who strangled a woman before dumping her body will be sentenced to life imprisonment tomorrow after being found guilty of her murder.

A Fás worker accused of murdering a woman in Clare two years ago broke down as he explained to a Central Criminal Court jury why he stabbed himself in the stomach when the woman’s body was discovered.

A deputy state pathologist has told the trial of a FÁS worker accused of murdering a woman in Co Clare two years ago that the cause of death was manual strangulation.

A Co Clare man has gone on trial for the murder of a 43 year old woman whose body was found on a beach two years ago.

The overall Carbery milk supplier award winners for 2011 were John and Deirdre McCarthy, Butlerstown, who supply Barryroe Co-op.

THE married father of two accused of the murder of Clare woman Deirdre McCarthy is not to go within a 30km radius of Ballyvaughan.

A MARRIED father-of- two said “I’m very sorry for what happened” when charged with the murder of Deirdre McCarthy, a court heard yesterday.

A man will appear in court in Co Clare again next week charged with the murder of Deirdre McCarthy.

A man will appear before Ennis District Court later this morning, charged in connection with the murder of Clare woman Deirdre McCarthy.

A man in his late thirties has been held overnight for questioning at Ennis garda station in Clare in connection with the murder of Deirdre McCarthy.

GARDAÍ in Co Clare were last night questioning a 39-year-old man in connection with the death of guesthouse worker Deirdre McCarthy, whose body was found washed up on a beach last week.

Gardaí investigating the death of Clare woman Deirdre McCarthy have made an arrest.

Friends and family of Deirdre McCarthy will gather today for her funeral in Co Clare.

Post mortem results are due on the body of Deirdre McCarthy, the 43-year-old whose body was discovered on Fanore Strand in Co Clare on Thursday morning.

GARDAÍ have confirmed they are treating the investigation into the death of a Co Clare woman with the same seriousness as a murder probe even though they cannot yet confirm what kind of investigation they are pursuing.

Gardaí investigating the death of Co Clare woman Deirdre McCarthy said today that she suffered a violent end.

A post mortem examination will be carried out later on the remains of Deirdre McCarthy.

A POST-MORTEM examination will be carried out this morning on the body of a woman found washed up on a beach in Co Clare early yesterday.

A post mortem on the body of the woman found in Clare this morning will take place tomorrow morning.

The Garda Technical Bureau are assisting in the investigation into the disappearance of a 43-year-old Clare woman.

Gardaí in Clare are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a missing Ballyvaughan woman.