Man charged with murder of brother in house row

AN unemployed Dublin man appeared in court yesterday on a charge of murdering his brother following a row at a house in Blanchardstown last year.

Derek McGrath, aged 35, of Fortlawn Park, Mountview, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, is accused of murdering Tony McGrath at his home at Whitestown Walk, Whitestown, in the west Dublin suburb on October 29 last.

The accused is also facing a charge of producing a knife capable of inflicting serious injury contrary to section 11 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 on the same date.