A Cavan pensioner found unconscious in his home after an assault was hospitalised with bleeding to his rectum, a scrotal tear and significant bruising to his penis, a murder trial has heard.

A Leitrim teenager charged with murdering a 73-year-old man told investigating Gardaí the pensioner had sexually abused him when he was younger, a court heard today.

A 19-year-old Leitrim man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with murdering a 73-year-old man, whom he claimed had been ‘inappropriate with him’ in his youth.

Johnny Golden will be laid to rest this afternoon after a funeral service at the Church of Ireland in Killygar, Co Cavan, where he served as a sexton for several years.

THE number of people killed in road traffic accidents over the Bank Holiday weekend climbed to eight yesterday, bringing the total for the year so far to 125.