A five-year suspended jail term was imposed yesterday on a Cobh man caught more than two years ago with more than €28,000 worth of cocaine stashed in a suitcase on top of a wardrobe at his home.

A life sentence has been handed down to a 36-year-old “bare-knuckle boxer” for murdering his wife in an assault that lasted “one hour and 20 minutes” in their home in Dundalk.

A life sentence has been handed down to a 36-year-old ‘bare knuckle boxer’ for murdering his wife in an assault with "a baton-like instrument" that lasted an hour and 20 minutes in their home in Dundalk three years ago.

A 33-year-old has been remanded in custody today until October 5 after being charged with his wife's murder.

Gardaí are hoping forensic tests will help identify the killer who fatally assaulted a mother-of-three at her Dundalk home.