The young man who denied murdering retired Cork barman, Donal Manley, was jailed for life today after the jury found him guilty of murder.

A YOUNG man accused of murdering a retired barman told gardaí there was another person present in the house at the time of the tragedy.

A young man went on trial today charged with murdering a retired barman in Cork city in October 2008.

A jury of nine women and three men was sworn in today for the trial of a man charged with murdering a 62-year-old retired barman in October 2009 at High Street in Cork.