A man in his 40s will appear in court this morning charged in connection with the murder of Darren McGrath in Cavan last week.

Three people were today being questioned by detectives probing the murder of a man in a small border town.

A man was shot dead today as he lay sleeping in bed next to his fiancee in Belturbet, Co Cavan.

Gardaí investigating the fatal shooting of a man at a house in Co Cavan this morning.