Limerick gardaí are confident of further developments and more charges in connection with the abduction of a young mother who was held captive in a city centre flat for six days.

A woman was abducted and held captive for six days in a Limerick apartment, it emerged yesterday.

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering a young woman found dead at her family home in Celbridge, Co Kildare, earlier this week.

A 16-year-old boy is due to appear in court in Kildare today after being charged with murdering a young woman at her home in Celbridge earlier this week.