A 22-year-old mother of three and a 19-year-old man have been jailed for three years each in connection with the death of a father-of-one, who was violently kicked and beaten at a 2007 Christmas Day party.

A mother of three and a 19-year-old who were cleared of murdering a man at a 2007 Christmas party, are to be sentenced for violent disorder in connection with the death on Thursday morning next.

A mother of three and a 19-year-old have been cleared of murdering a man at a Christmas party in Drogheda, after the State's case against them collapsed when the trial judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to convict them.

A brain specialist has told the murder trial of a 19-year-old man and a mother of three, that a man they admitted to kicking in the head, died as a result of a severe head injury.

Blood found on the shoe of a 19-year-old man on trial for murder matched that of a man who died after being subjected to a “beyond terrifying” assault, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

An eye witness in the case of a man who died after being kicked and beaten for two hours, has told his murder trial that she cried herself to sleep after witnessing the “beyond terrifying” assault.

A woman on trial for murder agreed with gardaí that she joined a number of people in battering a man for two hours, because he had tried to kiss her.

The trial of a Co Louth man and woman accused of murdering 29 year old Darren McKeown in December 2007, will resume at the Central Criminal Court on Monday next.

Eye-witnesses in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering Darren McKeown in Drogheda in 2007, saw his head hitting the ground full force after being pushed, and later being kicked in the head by a woman.

An eye-witness in the case of a man and woman on trial for murdering a 29-year-old man in December 2007, has told the jury he saw a woman jumping on the victim's stomach as he lay unconscious on the ground.

A man and woman from Co Louth have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of murdering 29-year-old Darren McKeown in Drogheda in December 2007.

A Co Louth man and woman are to go on trial today for the murder of Darren McKeown following a party on St Stephen's Day nearly three years ago.

A man and woman from Co Louth are due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court next week, charged with the murder of Darren McKeown on Stephen's Day over two years ago.