Trial begins of nurse accused of two murders

A nurse allegedly poisoned two elderly men in Naas General Hospital three years ago after using excessive force to administer unprescribed drugs to them, a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told.

Ms Noreen Mullholland, aged 33, previously of Runabeg Close, Kildare, and now living in Park Road, Portadown, County Armagh, has pleaded not guilty to four charges in relation to two men.