The prosecution has finished calling evidence in the trial of a retired army private accused of murdering a prostitute who he claimed blackmailed him for up to €40,000.

A man accused of murdering his ex-fiancée’s baby seven years ago has no previous convictions, a court has heard.

A paediatrician has told the trial of a man accused of murdering his ex-fiancée’s baby, that the child had suffered severe brain damage.