A woman has told her former partner’s murder trial that when she visited him in prison he told her he had stabbed the deceased.

TWO inseparable friends born on the same day, but only a year apart, will be buried today as a distraught community tries to come to terms with the loss of the two young men, who died in a crash over the weekend.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was killed on Saturday when he was accidentally knocked down by his mother in a tragic incident in the driveway of their family home.

A Kilkenny man who was accused of fracturing his friend’s skull with a rock and burning his legs in a fire was today given a suspended sentence.

A Kilkenny man who was accused of striking his friend on the head with a rock and attempting to set him on fire will be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court today.

The jury in the trial of a Kilkenny man accused of attempted murder will begin their deliberations on a verdict tomorrow at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Kilkenny man accused of attempting to murder a friend he thought had HIV, told his cousin he “had seriously assaulted somebody” on the morning of the alleged incident, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Kilkenny man allegedly set alight by a friend who thought he was HIV positive suffered life and limb-threatening burns, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Kilkenny man who allegedly set fire to a friend he suspected had HIV, comforted and shared drink with his victim earlier in the evening, the Central Criminal Court heard today.