A 34-year-old man accused of conspiring to murder Dubliner Gary Hanley is unhappy at being sent forward for trial in October after claiming his solicitor was not present in court.

Four men have been charged with conspiracy to murder after being arrested in Dublin last week as part of a major operation by gardaí investigating the ongoing Hutch-Kinahan feud.

A man left paralysed and on a ventilator from a blood clot on his spine opted to die rather than suffer further pain, an inquest heard today.