A man on trial for murdering his fianceé's baby told gardaí he was too petrified to tell his partner that he fell while holding the infant.

A man accused of killing his fiancée's baby told doctors he carried out mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the infant, before an ambulance arrived.

The Wexford mother of a baby boy who was allegedly murdered by her then-boyfriend Philip Doyle has broken down in tears while giving evidence at his trial today.