The jury in the case of two brothers on trial for murdering a 49-year-old farmer in a dispute over a stray heifer, is expected to begin its deliberations when the trial resumes next Tuesday.

One of two brothers on trial for the murder of a Co Offaly farmer told gardaí he hit the dead man with the handle of a shovel, when he made a remark about his daughter who has Down's Syndrome.

The trial of two brothers accused of murdering a farmer in a dispute over a heifer, has heard one of the brothers looked “vicious and “ mad to do something” before inviting the dead man onto his land.