The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Melissa Mahon has now heard all prosecution evidence in the case.

The jury in the Melissa Mahon murder trial has heard that there was contact between the accused's mobile phone and the girl's mobile on the day she went missing from the care of the Health Service Executive.

The jury in the Melissa Mahon murder trial has heard that when interviewed Ronald McManus told gardaí “I’ve been waiting some time for this”.

The jury in the Melissa Mahon murder trial has heard from the accused man’s former fiancé that early in their relationship he told her that she would hear rumours that he had had a relationship with Melissa.

The jury in the trial of the Sligo man accused of killing 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that the accused man's daughters were always in his company.

A forensic anthropologist has told the jury in Melissa Mahon murder trial that remains found at Lough Gill in Sligo in early 2008 were of a human female aged between 14 and 16 years.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard from another Sligo man who denies that he had a relationship with the girl.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a hypodermic syringe and a bottle marked 'caustic soda' were found in his house following his arrest.

The youngest daughter of the Sligo man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has told a jury that she gave a number of different accounts of the killing because she was brainwashed by the accused and was trying to protect him.

The youngest daughter of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has told a jury that he murdered the schoolgirl.

The 18-year-old daughter of the Sligo man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has told a jury that she saw her father having sex with the girl.

The 18 year-old daughter of the man accused of murdering 14 year-old Melissa Mahon has told a jury that she saw her father on a bed with the girl with his arm around her neck before he tied into a sleeping bag and threw her body into a river.

A daughter of the Sligo man accused of killing 14 year-old Melissa Mahon has told the Central Criminal Court that her sister told her that their father killed the girl.

The jury in the trial of a Sligo man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a picture of the accused was found under the schoolgirl’s pillow at the care home she had been placed in.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl in Sligo has heard her described by a social worker as very vulnerable and fragile.

The jury in the trial of a Sligo man accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl has been told that it will hear from the accused man’s daughter that she saw him tie the schoolgirl’s body up in a sleeping bag and throw it in a river.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a Sligo man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon two and a half years ago.