A court has heard that a man who is trying to withdraw his guilty plea for the murder of an elderly man in Dublin has been assessed by a psychiatrist.

A Dublin man has been granted an adjournment until next year for a "breathtaking" application to withdraw his guilty plea for murdering a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man.

A 37-year-old woman has been found guilty of murdering a man she said was "like a Dad to her" at a senior citizens’ complex in Dublin on January 6, last year.