A former Assistant Garda Commissioner has told a jury how a man who was first charged with the 1997 murder of one woman, but later had the charge withdrawn, could not have "more accurately described" the carving knife blades found at the scene.

A man charged with a 1997 double murder said a confession made by him in relation to the killings was “produced” by gardaí, a jury has heard.

A jury has heard that a man on trial for a 1997 double murder gave a statement to gardaí, admitting he stabbed two women after breaking into a house .

The jury foreman in the trial of a man accused of murdering two women 18 years ago, has been excused.

Garda outlines horrific scene at site of Grangegorman murders

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of a man whose body was found in a wardrobe.

A man has told gardaí he killed his friend over the weekend because he “no longer liked him”.

Gardaí were yesterday examining a flat just yards from where the bag containing the body of Rudo Mawere was dumped at the weekend and are also seeking to speak to her boyfriend who has been missing since last Saturday.

GARDAÍ are waiting to speak to the only survivor of a crash that killed three people in Dublin early yesterday.

Gardai in Dublin are hunting two armed raiders who held up staff and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash during a post office robbery this morning.