A man accused of kicking another man to death then setting fire to his body has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court that he was "very, very sorry" for what he had done.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion, then burning the body after a day drinking in a city park, claimed that he didn’t usually drink during the day.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion then burning the body told gardaí the dead man had deserved a “good hiding”.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion and then burning the body told gardaí that he killed his friend because he insulted his family.

The trial has begun of a Dublin man accused of killing another man then setting fire to the body in an abandoned mansion in Clontarf in August 2007.

Gardaí in Coolock have issued an appeal for information regarding a hit-and-run in which a six year-old girl was injured.

Loyalists are being blamed for three more pipe bomb attacks in the North overnight.