A MAN accused of murdering his next-door neighbour told a detective shortly after the alleged crime he had previously been assaulted by the deceased, a court heard yesterday.

TWO children screamed as they looked through the front blinds of the family home and saw their father being stabbed to death, the Central Criminal Court sitting in Limerick has heard.

A BITTER falling out between next-door neighbours led to murder with an ornamental dagger in a quiet rural hamlet, the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick heard yesterday.