A 31-year-old Corkman has been acquitted of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of one of his neighbours at the Central Criminal Court today.

A 31-year-old Cork man accused of murder has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he "was like a volcano erupting" the night he stabbed one of his neighbours to death.

The leader of an active crime gang in Cork city was jailed for eight years today for the armed robbery of a post office in Farran, County Cork, where he said he expected to find the Crown jewels but ended up with very little.

Two men were jailed for life today for the murder of Corkman two years ago.

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

Two men accused of murdering a Cork man after a drink-fuelled argument acted in common design to kill or seriously injure the victim, 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 murder accused has admitted hitting the deceased over the head with a bottle and pushing him, but he denied involvement in a joint enterprise to murder him.

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.