Murder trial: Girls say they overheard admission

A Limerick murder trial has heard from a number of schoolgirls who said they heard one of the accused men admit his part in the killing of a 43-year-old man.

The teenagers, who cannot be named due to their age, were giving evidence to the Central Criminal Court during the trial of three men charged in connection with the death.

Seán Flanagan, aged 28, and Paul Colbert, aged 46, of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect, in Limerick City are charged with the murder of Gerard McMahon on Jan 18, 2012. They have pleaded not guilty to murdering him around 12.30am outside another house on Lenihan Avenue.