A 14-year-old boy saw his father being "cut open" with a meat-cleaver as they sat in their van waiting for his mother to come out of a shop, an inquest heard.

Three people remain in Garda custody in connection with a murder inquiry in Co. Tipperary.

Gardaí are continuing to question four people in connection with the murder of William Stokes in Tipperary.

Gardaí probing the stabbing death of a 48-year-old man in Tipperary town are continuing to question five people.