A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a 33 year-old man accused of murdering Amanda Jenkins at a flat in central Dublin last year.

A convicted rapist who robbed two taxi-drivers at syringe-point and drove off in one of their cars has been jailed for seven years by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 32-year-old man remains in garda custody this morning following the suspicious death of a woman in Dublin city centre over the weekend.