A 21-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to life in prison, having been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of murdering the father of his girlfriend’s child.

The accused’s girlfriend in a Dublin murder trial has testified that the deceased, her ex-boyfriend, was trying to defend himself on the ground while being beaten and stabbed to death.

Former State Pathologist Professor John Harbison today gave evidence in the trial of a 20-year-old Dublin man accused of stabbing his girlfriend's former boyfriend.

Two men have been charged in relation to a stabbing in Tallaght. The incident occurred in the early hours yesterday.