A Mountjoy prisoner accused of murdering his cellmate told detectives he killed him with “three digs, three kicks and a stamping” before rubbing excrement in his face.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to try the case of a Mountjoy prisoner accused of murdering his cellmate.

A date has been set for the trial of the man accused of murdering Gary Douche in Mountjoy Prison two years ago.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering Gary Douche in Mountjoy Prison two years ago has been discharged after it emerged that a jury member may have been from the same area as the victim.

A man who attacked a 13-year-old boy at a family christening - punching, kicking and banging the child’s head off the ground - has been given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay €3,000 compensation by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A man who attacked a 13 year-old boy at a family christening punching, kicking and banging the child's head off the ground may be ordered to pay compensation by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.