Gardaí are believed to be spearheading an international manhunt for a suspect after the “macabre” decapitation of a man in Cork City.

As gardaí follow more than 300 lines of inquiry over the gruesome killing of Frankie Dunne, his family has said they are “numb and in shock” after his death.

A Wicklow solicitor has today been jailed for two years for stealing €130,000 from his clients.