The man accused of murdering his teenaged ex-girlfriend pleaded guilty to the charge of murder today.

The murder trial of Sheola Keaney's ex-boyfriend opened at the Central Criminal Court in Cork today where the 21-year-old man denies murdering his ex-girlfriend in Cobh last July.

A man appeared before a Cork court tonight charged with the murder of 19-year-old Sheola Keaney.

The killer of Cobh woman Sheola Keaney concealed her remains under scrap metal, it was confirmed today.

Gardaí in Co Cork have launched a murder inquiry following confirmation that the young woman found dead in Cobh on Sunday night had suffered a violent death.