A Dublin man, who set up a fake Facebook account to meet a woman who had stopped contact with him, told gardaí he strangled her when she screamed on seeing the pellet gun, Stanley knife and cable ties he had brought to frighten her.

Latest: The trial of a man who is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend has heard that Eric Locke handed himself in to Gardaí on Feb 16 2014.

Some texts exchanged following the break-up of a Dublin man and an ex-girlfriend he is accused of murdering have been read out at his trial.

LATEST:The trial of a man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in a hotel room has heard that she was dressed when her body was found on the floor of Room 346 in the Plaza Hotel.

A man assumed a false identity in order to meet his ex-girlfriend in a hotel room, where he strangled her, a murder trial jury has heard.

A man has gone on trial accused of murdering a woman in a Dublin hotel after assuming a false identity and arranging to meet her for sex.

A man appeared in court yesterday morning charged with the murder of Sonia Blount in a Tallaght hotel on Sunday.

A man is due in court in Dublin shortly charged in connection with the murder of Sonia Blount in Tallaght.

A bite-sized look at a selection of today’s developing stories and some lighter material too, in the Lunchtime Report.

Family and friends of Thomas ‘Toddy’ Dooley, found dead at his Co Offaly home at the weekend, have described him as an “inoffensive” man who “wouldn’t hurt anybody”.

An inquiry into the death of a 31 year-old woman in a Dublin hotel has been upgraded to murder.

Gardaí have detained a man overnight in connection with the death of a woman in Dublin at the weekend.