A mother who was celebrating the christening of her baby son in a Bray pub has claimed the accused used abusive language towards the deceased man, hours before he was fatally stabbed, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A man is recovering in hospital following a hijacking incident in Loughlinstown, Dublin, yesterday evening.

A six-year-old girl has died in a fire in Dun Laoghaire in Co Dublin.

A mother and her child have been hospitalised following a house fire in Co Wicklow this morning.