The jury in the Elaine O’Hara murder trial was shown a photograph of a punctured and bloodstained mattress, which gardaí found following the discovery of her remains in September 2013.

A man who launched "a brutal, savage and life changing attack" on a childhood acquaintance has been sentenced to four years in prison by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager was remanded in custody today after he was charged in connection with a burglary where a man and woman were allegedly attacked with a samurai sword.