The trial of a father-of-four accused of murdering his best friend of 16 years in his North Dublin apartment has reached its closing stages.

The partner of a man whose body was found in the boot of his own car has told his killer's murder trial of his alleged killer that she became concerned for her boyfriend's safety after another man answered his mobile phone.

A man and woman who were camping in a field in Thurles last year stabbed a Latvian man during a drunken row before concealing his body and fleeing to England, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man who ran down an Arklow 21-year-old in his car who is the first person in Ireland to be convicted of murder using a motor vehicle as a weapon has been sentenced to eight years for related offences..

A Dublin man on trial for the murder of an Arklow 21-year-old after he allegedly drove his car at him killing him, had "cracked up" losing his temper after a fighting with the man in an Arklow nightclub, a court has heard.