A young Dublin physics student told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal Court today that his mother, accused of killing his father, just kept saying what an awful thing she'd done and then broke down.

A GARDA who was supposed to be on duty on the night of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was drinking in a pub eight miles away, the Morris Tribunal heard yesterday.

A garda who was supposed to be on duty on the night of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death was in a pub eight miles away, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

A GARDA witness told the Barr Tribunal yesterday that he did not see John Carthy take any more steps after he was shot for the first time by a member of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU).