The judge in the trial of a 24-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his sister’s partner has warned the jury to treat with care the testimony of witnesses who were "exceedingly intoxicated", on the night of the killing.

The Deputy State pathologist said today that a 24-year-old father of two, who was stabbed 11 times during an altercation, died from significant blood loss caused by multiple penetrating stab wounds to the heart, lungs and neck.

Charges alleging two Longford men were part of an armed group who ambushed a wedding party and shot two passengers have been withdrawn from a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A MAN was escorted home by police after waking up in bed in a house he had lived in years before.