A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a man accused of murder told gardaí that he wanted to return to Ireland from England and “face the music.”

A man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed a Latvian man because he was “in fear of his life”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A suspended garda sergeant heavily criticised in three Morris Tribunal reports will have part of his legal costs covered by the state, it emerged today.

A MOTHER-OF-SIX broke down in tears as she recalled the physical abuse her husband alleged he suffered in garda custody, left both of them fighting depression.