An Italian man accused of the murder of well-known pro-life campaigner and religious writer Tom O’Gorman at his north Dublin home could not come to court yesterday.

An Italian man accused of the murder of well known pro-life campaigner and religious writer Tom O'Gorman at his north Dublin home could not come to court today.

The Italian man charged with the murder of a well-known pro-life campaigner and religious writer told gardaí that he was guilty of the crime.

A man is due in court later this morning in connection with the death of Thomas O'Gorman.

A row over a move in a chess game is believed to have been a factor in the latest in a series of violent deaths across Ireland since the start of the new year.

A man was stabbed to death in a violent late night row over a chess game, detectives believe.

Locals in the affluent Castleknock suburb of Dublin say they are shocked at the death of a man in his 30s in the area overnight.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a man at a house in Castleknock in west Dublin overnight.