A POSTMASTER who died after being shot by an armed robber was admired for his bravery and courage and held in high regard by the community, an inquest into the man’s death heard yesterday.

A Chinese national has been found guilty of murdering a Kilkenny postmaster who he shot in the stomach after a post office robbery that netted him more than €13,000.

A jury hearing the trial of a Chinese national who shot and killed a Kilkenny postmaster following a robbery has retired to consider its verdict at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A jury hearing the trial of a Chinese national who killed a Kilkenny postmaster following a robbery, has been told there is an absence of evidence to prove he deliberately pointed and fired the gun which killed the man.

A man who is on trial for the murder of a Kilkenny postmaster, who he shot following a raid that netted him about €15,000, told postal clerks "thanks" as he left, a court has heard.