The Court of Criminal Appeal, Mrs Justice Susan Denham presiding, was told today that an appeal by Carlos Byrne (aged 24) against his conviction for murder was “ready to go on” and would be heard before the three-judge court on Thursday of next week.

The trial of a man and a woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown a year ago, which was due to start this morning, has been delayed for a day.

A man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown earlier this year will go on trial next March at the Central Criminal Court.

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a taxi driver in Dublin on Tuesday night.