Two brothers who targeted elderly people to rob were jailed for a total of 27 years today for the killing of an 81-year-old bachelor farmer who was beaten to death for £45.

A Dublin man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an elderly bachelor during a robbery in the midlands almost two years ago.

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a pensioner and seriously injuring his elderly brother in an attack at a remote Offaly farmhouse.

Gardai in Dublin have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a pensioner in Castlejordan, Co Meath, 18 months ago.