A man who said he helped dispose of Marioara Rostas’s body said he wanted to give a statement against the man charged with murdering her, despite knowing he too could be charged, his solicitor has said.

A court has heard a "frightened" and crying Marioara Rostas spoke by phone to her older brother in Romania the day after her disappearance in Dublin on January 6, 2008.

A court has heard Marioara Rostas's father was unable to make himself understood by gardai when he first tried to report her as missing.

A Dublin man charged with murdering teenager Marioara Rostas six years ago is due to go on trial today.

A man in his early 30s has been charged with the murder of a Romanian teenager who went missing in Dublin four years ago.

A man in his early 30s has been charged with the murder of Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas.

A man in his 30's has appeared in court tonight charged with the murder of Romanian teenager Marioara Rostas.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating after a hoax device was found under a car in the early hours of this morning.