Drinking companion killed man, court hears

A 25-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed to death by a man he had been drinking with at his home, a murder trial heard yesterday.

Andrew Fitzgerald, aged 36, formerly with an address at St Mary’s Park, Limerick, denies the murder of Rory Burke at Little Glentworth Street, Limerick, on April 27 last year.

A jury of nine men and three women yesterday heard evidence that the 25-year-old died after suffering a single stab wound to his chest.