A jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing after an inquest heard a man who left a party when a row flared in a Cork City flat was followed onto the street and stabbed in the heart.

A man who left a party after a row flared in a Cork City apartment complex was followed outside and stabbed through the heart.

A coroner has summonsed a key witness to appear before her after he failed to appear at an inquest yesterday into the death a man who was facing a murder charge.