The daughter of an Englishman convicted of murdering four people in separate incidents in Dublin and Roscommon in the 1990s has branded her father “a monster”.

An ex-partner of a man on trial for a double murder has testified that he was a fantasist and “told a lot of lies”.

FESTIVAL fever infected the country this bank holiday weekend with events taking place celebrating cat-themed comedy, gardening, jazz, maritime culture and traditional music.