The case against a Lithuanian man charged with murdering a mother and her daughter is "not the finished article" and "very weak", his defence counsel has told a jury.

An alibi witness in a double murder trial has claimed gardaí offered him money to give evidence against the accused, a housemate and friend of his.

A man charged with murdering a mother and her young daughter denied wanting to get rid of shoes he was wearing because they were covered in blood, his trial has heard.

A man accused of murdering a mother and daughter had Deichmann shoes with soles that matched bloodied footprints found in the Kerry home of the victims, his trial has heard.

The tip of a knife found in a pool of blood alongside the body of an eight-year-old girl and a piece of a blade found alongside her dead mother in their home were from the same knife, the trial of a man for double murder has been told.

A section of internal wall with a bloodied fingerprint removed from a murder scene was dramatically produced in a courtroom yesterday and shown to the jury.

Around 60 men were asked to give DNA samples in the investigation into the murders of Jolanta Lubiene and her daughter Enrika.

Marius Lubys, the husband of Jolanta and father of Enrika, told how they had married in 2004 in Lithuania and Enrika had been born in February 2005.

Murdered mum Jolanta Lubiene had her tickets booked to return permanently to Lithuania in July last year, her sister said yesterday.

The last recorded movements of the 27-year-old Lithuanian woman whose bloodied body was found on the kitchen floor of her home with her pet dog standing guard over her on June 16, 2013, were shown to a hushed courtroom yesterday.

A 27-year-old man will go on trial today, charged with the double murder of a mother and her young daughter at their home in Killorglin in Co Kerry last year.

A 27-year-old Lithuanian man, who has been charged with the murder of a mother and her daughter, has been sent forward for trial.

A 27-year-old man will face trial, charged with the double murder of a Lithuanian woman and her daughter at their rented home in Killorglin in Co Kerry earlier this year.

The Lithuanian man charged with the murder of a mother and her daughter in Killorglin, Co Kerry, in June, will be contesting the case against him and pleading not guilty to both counts, it was confirmed yesterday.

Gardaí yesterday revealed that 380 witness statements have been taken in the case against a 26-year-old man charged with the murder of a mother and her daughter in Killorglin, Co Kerry, in June.

A 26-year-old man has today made his seventh court appearance over the double killing of a Lithuanian mother and daughter.

Interpol is still assisting gardaí with the investigation into a double murder in Co Kerry in June, a court was told yesterday.

The 26-year-old Lithuanian man charged with the murder of a mother and her daughter in Killorglin, Co Kerry, last month appeared at Cork District Court yesterday by video link from prison.

It could be Ireland.

A solicitor representing a man charged with a double murder yesterday asked for a psychiatric report to be provided in respect of his client.

A 26-year-old Lithuanian man charged with the killings of a mother and her daughter in Co Kerry is now facing a double murder charge.

A 26-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged last night with the double killing of a Lithuanian woman and her daughter in Co Kerry.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with the killings of a mother and daughter in Killorglin, Co Kerry.

A man in his mid 20s is due to appear before a special sitting of Killarney District Court this evening charged in relation to the murder of 27-year-old Jolanta Lubiene and her 8-year-old daughter Enrika.

Samples taken from the pet dog of a young murder victim may give clues to help identity her killer, it has emerged.

A man in his 40s arrested at his home in Killorglin yesterday in connection with a double murder in the Kerry town may have information in relation to a suspect leaving the country.

Gardaí believe the public hold vital information on last week’s double murder in Kerry, writes Donal Hickey

Upwards of 1,000 people gathered in Killorglin this evening for a special mass to remember a murdered mother and daughter.

Gardai in Kerry have also confirmed that both were stabbed to death.

A cuddly white teddy, a bunch of flowers, a framed photograph of a mother and daughter happy together, and a candle lamp — symbols of a family’s love for two people savagely murdered.

A double murder investigation involving more than 50 gardaí got under way in Killorglin, Co Kerry, after autopsies confirmed a Lithuanian woman and her young daughter had died violently.

Gardai have formally upgraded their investigation into the deaths of a mother and daughter in Killorglin, Co. Kerry to murder.

A double murder investigation is expected to be launched in Killorglin, Co Kerry today, following the grim discovery of the bodies of a young mother and her daughter in a house in the town on Sunday night.

A 27-year-old woman found murdered in her rented home in Killorglin, Co Kerry, had been looking forward to returning permanently to her native Lithuania in the coming weeks.

The bodies of a mother and daughter, who were believed suffered a violent death, were found in separate rooms of a house in Killorglin, gardaí revealed today.

Senior gardaí are meeting in Co Kerry this morning following the discovery of the bodies of a mother and daughter at a house in Killorglin yesterday.

The bodies of a woman and an eight-year-old child have been discovered at a house in Co Kerry.