A Central Criminal Court jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case of two men accused of murdering a Cork man two years ago.

The fatal stabbing of a Cork man was "a tragedy of enormous consequences", a murder trial jury heard today.

A man accused of murdering his neighbour has admitted stabbing him but claimed he lost "total self control" following an argument with the deceased, Noel McCarthy, on the night of the killing.

A Cork man bled to death after being fatally stabbed in the groin by a neighbour who acted in "common design" with another man, a murder trial jury heard today.