AN EYEWITNESS in a murder trial in Cork was accused yesterday of colouring his evidence by claiming that the two accused were laughing after the attack.

A young plasterer was attacked by two men – each armed with a knife - and they then ran away laughing, an eyewitness in the Mahon murder trial claimed at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork today.

A YOUNG plasterer was murdered by two men near his home in Cork shortly after the victim had a row with his ex-girlfriend, the prosecution claimed at the outset of a trial yesterday.

HUNDREDS bid a fond farewell yesterday to a much-loved man who believed the arts and sport were the heartbeat of humanity.

A Parish Priest today defended his decision to write a reference for a vicious sex attacker who repeatedly raped a Polish woman in the grounds of a church.