A man who was beaten and sealed inside a wheelie bin after a drink and drug-fuelled party that lasted for days looked like he had been tortured, a court in the North has heard.

Three people have been charged with attempted murder after a young man was found badly beaten and naked in a taped-up wheelie bin.

A 75-year-old man has died after being hit by a car in Borris-in-Ossory, Co Laois, this morning.