ONE of the men on trial for murdering a young man in the Mahon area of Cork last year told detectives hours later that he just wanted to curl up and die and later he admitted stabbing the victim three times.

One of the men on trial for murdering a young man in the Mahon area of Cork last year told detectives hours later that he just wanted to curl up and die and later he admitted stabbing the victim three times, it emerged today.

AN EYEWITNESS in a murder trial in Cork was accused yesterday of colouring his evidence by claiming that the two accused were laughing after the attack.

The Mahon murder trial in Cork was told today that the cause of death was multiple stab wounds.

A YOUNG plasterer was murdered by two men near his home in Cork shortly after the victim had a row with his ex-girlfriend, the prosecution claimed at the outset of a trial yesterday.

A young plasterer was murdered by two men near his home in Cork shortly after a verbal row with his former girlfriend, the prosecution claimed at the outset of a trial today.

TWO men were charged yesterday with murdering a young father of two in Mahon in August.

Two men were charged today with murdering a young father-of-two in Mahon, Cork, in August.

ONE of the men charged in relation to the fatal stabbing of a man in Mahon, Cork, in August, wanted to be released on bail yesterday to be of support to his pregnant girlfriend.