Lawyers for the State have today described the murder of a father-of-five in Dublin as a "Goodfellas-style execution".

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a father of five in Tyrellstown has heard how the victim's body was set alight.

Killers and rapists sentenced to life in prison are serving 17 and a half years in jail, on average, before release, figures show.

There have been dramatic scenes in court today at the conviction of a 40-year-old Dublin man for the murder of Adel Essalhi.

The jury is out in the trial of a 40-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering a man who was struck almost 60 times in the head, neck and arms with a machete-type weapon and a knife.

The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Dublin man accused of the murder of Adel Essalhi have been urged to consider the evidence of a number of “silent witnesses” in the case.

A witness has told the Central Criminal Court that a Dublin man accused of the murder of Adel Essalhi said he had burned the deceased man’s body and told her there was “nothing like the smell of a dead body”.

A witness has told the Central Criminal Court that a Dublin man accused of the murder of Adel Essalhi bragged about the killing and claimed “not even people walking their dogs” would find the body.

A jury has heard that Dublin man Adel Essalhi died after a violent assault during which he was struck almost 60 times in the head, neck and arms with a machete-type weapon and a knife.

A Dublin man directed gardaí to the location of a buried blood-stained sweatshirt which contains DNA matching that of the man he is accused of murdering, a jury has heard.

A Dublin man accused of the murder of Adel Essalhi gave gardaí directions to where he said the body of a missing person had been dumped in Tyrrelstown, his Central Criminal Court trial has heard.

The trial of a 40-year-old man accused of the murder of Adil Essalhi will begin today.

A 40-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Adil Essalhi in Dublin last year.

A High Court judge has ruled that the State has failed in its constitutional obligations to protect a prisoner who was put in a padded cell in Mountjoy Prison for 11 days because there was no other safe place to put him.

The 21-year-old woman arrested as part of investigation into the death of Adil Essalhi and detained at Blanchardstown garda station has tonight been released without charge.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 31-year-old Adil Essalhi in West Dublin earlier this week.