A jury in the Central Criminal Court was told today that the lies told by the accused man are not proof of his guilt.

A 54-year-old loan company agent was hassled by phone calls from an unknown man in the days before her death, a murder trial jury heard today.

A SCOTTISH couple were being questioned by gardaí in Co Waterford last night in connection with the violent death of mother-of-two Mary Walsh.

GARDAÍ last night launched an investigation after the body of a woman was discovered in the boot of her car in Waterford city.