The jury in the trial of two Dubliners charged with murdering two Polish men has been told the three teenagers with the defendants were an active catalyst that evening.

Racist comments were shouted at two Polish mechanics before they were stabbed in their heads with a screwdriver outside their home, a murder trial has heard today.

DURING a visit to Beirut, the author reluctantly agrees to write her mother, Kamila’s life story. There is caution and uncertainty between mother and daughter. The reasons for this become obvious as Kamila’s story unfolds.