A Dublin man was sentenced to five years imprisonment today for the unlawful killing of his partner during a drunken row in a flat in Rathfarnham last year.

A 34-year-old man who stabbed his lover six times in the face and neck with a screwdriver was last night found guilty of manslaughter.

A man accused of murdering his lover has described the victim as the "love of my life" and says he prays to the dead man each night.

A man who was stabbed six times in the face and neck with a screwdriver died from inhalation of blood and bleeding to the brain, a murder trial jury heard today.

A man stabbed his flatmate in the neck with a fork and a screwdriver puncturing his tongue, a murder trial jury heard today.