A 33-year-old man killed his girlfriend by strangling her, then left her body in the flat they shared and went out drinking for the rest of the night and the following day, before contacting gardaí, a jury has heard.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a 33 year-old man accused of murdering Amanda Jenkins at a flat in central Dublin last year.

A 32-year-old man is due back in court next Tuesday charged with the murder of a woman in Dublin.

A 34-year-old man who stabbed his lover six times in the face and neck with a screwdriver was last night found guilty of manslaughter.

A man who was stabbed six times in the face and neck with a screwdriver died from inhalation of blood and bleeding to the brain, a murder trial jury heard today.