A teenager who claims he accidentally shot dead his friend as they joked around with a loaded gun has been sentenced to five and a half years, with the final 18 months suspended.

A man who claims he accidentally killed his friend as they joked around with a loaded gun has told the victim’s family that he loved him “like a brother”.

The jury in the trial of a Meath man who allegedly called to a Dublin house pretending to be a garda has been discharged after failing to agree on a verdict following almost eight hours deliberation.

Angry scenes followed the jailing of a Dublin man in the Central Criminal Court today when relatives of two murder victims lunged at the accused and had to be restrained.

A Central Criminal Court jury retired to a hotel tonight after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a Dublin man charged with firearms offences.