The trial of a Belfast man in a Dublin court for the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast last year has entered its closing stages.

A Belfast taxi driver was killed by a .38 inch calibre bullet fired from a revolver, a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled for the first time on the use of new laws which were brought in last year to tackle gangland crime.

A Belfast man died from a single gunshot wound to the head fired at close range, a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

The three judges of the non-jury Special Criminal Court sat for the first time at the Belfast Crown Court today to hear evidence in a Continuity IRA-linked murder trial.

The non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin has asked for permission to hear evidence in Northern Ireland in the trial of a Belfast man accused of shooting dead a man in the city last year.