A 19-year-old murder accused has told a court that every night before he goes to sleep he sees the face of a former schoolteacher who was beaten to death with an iron bar in a public park.

A Garda witness in a murder trial has told a jury that she saw a 42-year-old former school teacher being struck on the head with an iron bar, hours before he died in hospital.

TWO men, accused of assaulting a 43-year-old man who died from serious injuries early on Saturday morning, could face murder charges.

Two men have appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court charged in connection with the death of a man this morning.