The Shane Geoghegan murder trial has today heard that the apparent intended target lived four doors away from the rugby player on the night he was shot, in a case of mistaken identity.

The man accused of murdering Shane Geoghegan agreed with investigating gardaí that the killing was the worst crime the country had seen in years.

A 24-year-old Limerick housewife has testified to hearing the defendant in the Shane Geoghegan murder trial discuss the shooting in which the rugby player was killed, insisting he got the right man.

The jury in the Shane Geoghegan murder trial have been given a demonstration of how the gun used to murder the Garryowen rugby player could be loaded and unloaded.

A 26-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick in 2008.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan will enter its third day of deliberations later.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has been told today that it can return a majority verdict.