A man has been acquitted of the manslaughter of Offaly publican Matt Farrell during a burglary of a pub nearly three years ago.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of killing Offaly publican Matt Farrell has been told by a judge to treat the evidence of a “jailhouse informant” with care and caution.

The trial of a man accused of the manslaughter of an Offaly publican has today heard that none of the DNA profiles found at the scene matched that of the accused.

The man accused of the manslaughter of a well known Offaly publican two years ago confessed to the killing to a “jailhouse informant”, a court has heard.