Life for man who murdered mum of 3

A man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman he had been "an item" with for three months.

Darren Murphy, aged 37, of Dan Desmond Villas, Passage West, Co Cork, had pleaded not guilty to murdering Olivia Dunlea, aged 36, at Pembroke Crescent, Passage West, on February 17, 2013, but had attempted to plead guilty to manslaughter.

Murphy, who admitted setting fire to Ms Dunlea’s home because, he claimed, he “didn’t want the kids to find her”, had pleaded guilty to a second charge of arson.