Two local election candidates have been accused of flouting the spirit of a town’s poster ban.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí he gave him "two good belts" on the night he was kicked to death outside the Burlington Hotel.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial admitted kicking someone in the head during a fight and hearing his head "snap or crack", a taxi driver has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.