A murder accused brought gardaí to a country lay-by where they discovered items taken from the body of a young deaf man who was beaten to death, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The family of a young deaf man whose skull was bashed in during an attempted robbery, today said "justice has been done" as his killer was jailed for life after being convicted of murder.

A murder trial jury at the Central Criminal Court has retired to consider its verdict in the case of a Limerick man accused of the murder of a young deaf man.

The Central Criminal Court today adjourned the trial of a man accused of the murder of a 21-year-old deaf man in 1998 because the accused was unwell.

A "profoundly deaf" young man was left for dead in an isolated country laneway after being badly beaten with a hatchet, a murder trial jury heard today.