A man has gone on trial for the alleged murder of his friend at Farrankelly Road in Delgany, Co Wicklow seven years ago.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to try a 23-year-old Greystones man charged with murdering a fellow Greystones man last year.

A 23-year-old Wicklow man has gone on trial accused of killing his friend with a rock.

A HOMELESS man was charged yesterday in connection with the death of a young man in Co Wicklow over the weekend.