Recently-convicted Jacqui Noble and Paul Hopkins were refused leave to appeal their sentences for the murder of Derek Benson in the Central Criminal court today.

A man and a woman were jailed for life tonight after being convicted of the murder of the woman's former partner in Dublin in May 2000.

The jury has resumed its deliberations at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering her violent partner.

The jury in the trial of a man and a woman accused of murdering the woman's partner was sent to a hotel tonight after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury has retired to consider its verdict at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering her violent partner.

The jury is expected to retire tomorrow to consider its verdict in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering her violent partner.

Defence closing speeches are expected to conclude today as the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering her violent partner enters its final stages at the Central Criminal Court.

Closing submissions are due to be heard at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow in the joint trial of a man and woman accused of murdering her violent partner.

A female garda has told a murder jury she was assaulted by a man arrested for breaching a barring order and whose partner is now on trial for his murder.

A man accused of murdering his co-accused's former partner denied telling gardaí that his co-accused offered him IR£5,000 (€6,300) to do the killing.

A man accused of murdering his co-accused’s former partner with a sword has told the Central Criminal Court he went to the deceased’s flat to scare him, but not to kill him.

The former girlfriend of a murder accused broke down in court today as she told how the deceased, whom she described as a "blade merchant", threatened to petrol bomb her and her baby.

A prosecution witness has told a murder trial jury that he gave a sword to his brother two days before a man was hacked to death in Dublin.

Gardaí investigating the killing of a Dublin man who was hacked to death recovered a sword in the wardrobe of the home of the accused’s friend, a murder trial has heard.

A man allegedly paid to murder the partner of his co-accused said he offered to do the killing voluntarily, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A woman accused of hiring an alleged killer to murder to violent partner told gardaí she had previously paid another man to have him shot, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin woman accused of murdering her violent partner signed herself into a psychiatric unit days after the killing, a detective sergeant told the Central Criminal court today.

A Dublin woman accused of murdering her violent partner ate biscuits and watched videos with him while waiting for her co-accused to arrive and attack him, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of two people accused of murdering a man in Ballymun has again been adjourned in the Central Criminal Court for legal reasons.

A double murder trial was adjourned today for legal reasons at the Central Criminal Court.

A murder trial jury has heard how the victim was stabbed and hacked from head to toe in a "sustained and vicious assault" during which the killer attempted to decapitate him.

A murder trial jury has heard how the victim was stabbed and hacked from head to toe in a "sustained and vicious assault" during which his killer attempted to decapitate him.

A man who was stabbed and hacked to death had regularly beaten his partner and threatened to kill her if she left him, the dead man's neighbour told his murder trial.

A prosecution witness has told a murder trial he heard screaming at around 3am on the morning his neighbour was stabbed to death.

A Dublin woman hired a pub doorman to murder her violent partner who was hacked to death and had a sword run through his body from front to back, a joint murder trial heard today.

A man and a woman jointly charged with the murder of a Dublin man in May 2000 have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court.