A 54-year-old Clare man already serving a life sentence for the murder of a hackney driver has been given six five-year jail terms for other offences related to the murder.

The 54-year-old man who hacked-to-death a taxi driver in Clare faked his own kidnapping in the US to extort money from his uncle, a jury in the Central Criminal Court was told today.

The skull of a 56-year-old hackney driver allegedly murdered by his friend in Clare was 'severely fractured' by a 'chopping instrument', a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Co Kerry man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of a Co Clare taxi driver.