The jury will resume deliberating tomorrow morning in the trial of a 23-year-old man charged with murdering his father.

The jury in the trial of a 23-year-old man charged with the murder of his father has been told that the law does not allow for "pay-back time".

Two nuns have given evidence to the Central Criminal Court on behalf of a 23-year-old man on trial for the murder of his father.

A 21-year-old man told gardaí that after a lifetime of being beaten by his father, he finally flipped and killed him with a spade, the Central Criminal Court heard.

A 23-year-old Tipperary man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering his father with a spade last year.