A murder accused today denied that he took an active role in the robbery and murder of a young deaf man.

A man accused of murdering a young deaf man today denied he intended to rob and murder the victim but admitted assaulting him and searching his pocket.

A Co Clare man took part in a joint enterprise to rob and assault a Limerick man whose badly beaten body was found on a lonely road near a Co Tipperary village in 1998, a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal Court was told today.

A Dublin man pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to membership of an illegal organisation.