A 14-year-old boy drove a car containing his bloodied and disfigured father and a 20-month-old baby away from the scene of a frenzied machete attack.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Tullamore, Co Offaly, last month.

A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a father of one in Co. Offaly yesterday.

A GRIEF-STRICKEN family is today trying to come to terms with the murder of a much-loved son in broad daylight.