Two Cork men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a man in Cork city at the Central Criminal Court today.

A Central Criminal Court jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case of two men accused of murdering a Cork man two years ago.

Two men accused of murdering a Cork man after a drink-fuelled argument acted in common design to kill or seriously injure the victim, a murder trial jury heard today.

A man accused of murdering his neighbour has admitted stabbing him but claimed he lost "total self control" following an argument with the deceased, Noel McCarthy, on the night of the killing.

A murder accused has admitted hitting the deceased over the head with a bottle and pushing him, but he denied involvement in a joint enterprise to murder him.

A Cork man who was stabbed in the groin lost his entire volume of blood before being rushed into the operating theatre, a medical witness told a murder trial jury today.

The mother of a man who was stabbed to death in front of her told a murder trial she saw his assailant twist the knife in her son's side.

A Cork man bled to death after being fatally stabbed in the groin by a neighbour who acted in "common design" with another man, a murder trial jury heard today.