A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother at their Mayo home while he was high on drugs.

A 22-year-old Mayo man denied killing his mother because she had destroyed his drugs, but said he did it because he was delusional.

The trial of a Co Mayo man accused of murdering his mother heard today that she suffered multiple stab wounds.

Gardaí investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a woman’s body in Co Mayo this morning have arrested a man in his early 20s.