Underlying tensions led to murder, court hears

Underlying tension and resentment between two men had "a part to play" in the fatal stabbing of a teenage father-of-one in Carlow town a murder trial jury were told today.

At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Edward Comyn SC for the prosecution was addressing the jury on the opening day of the trial of Mr John Dillon (22) of Granby Row, Carlow.