A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that when gardaí went to search one of the accused’s home, he was found to be holding a pump action shotgun.

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that the State’s main witness took a month to go to the gardaí because he claims one of the accused men has "friends in the guards".

A jury in a Dublin murder trial has heard that the State’s main witness has allegedly been given "complete immunity" from prosecution for possession of drugs.

A 20-year-old witness in a Dublin murder trial has said he was threatened not to open his mouth to anyone or he would be killed saying "I didn’t know what to do, I was afraid", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The driver of a BMW car in which a 25-year-old man was shot in has denied accusations that he "deliberately drove him" to Cloverhill prison last year, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of murder has heard that the deceased man was allegedly involved in an assault outside a Clondalkin pub and in the years since then three of the assailants have been shot, two fatally, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 25-year-old Clondalkin man died after receiving two gunshot wounds to the chest, which caused haemorrhaging to the heart, lungs and spleen, the Central Criminal Court has heard.