Former Fianna Fáil Senator Des Hanafin has died.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard today that a young Drogheda man accused of murder “directed” a knife at the father of the child he was babysitting after a row had broken out.

A young Drogheda man accused of murdering the father of the child he was babysitting was “very aggressive, swinging knives”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A young Drogheda man fatally stabbed the father of the young girl he and his girlfriend were babysitting, the Central Criminal Court heard today.