The trial of a Wicklow man accused of murdering a woman in 2015 has heard she googled the price of an abortion just days before she was killed.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that Anne Shortall received at least nine blows, most likely from a hammer, and died from blunt force trauma.

The trial of a married man accused of murdering a woman he had cheated on his wife with has heard she was not pregnant when he killed her.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that the wife of a Wicklow man accused of murder dropped to her knees when he confessed to Gardaí.