Woman stabbed on front lawn had 'wounds to both lungs'

A Cavan woman who was stabbed to death on her front lawn suffered stab wounds to both her lungs that caused her death the Central Criminal Court at Dublin has heard.

Brendan McGahern (aged 28), with an address at Corlismore in Co Cavan has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Amy Farrell at Glenlara, Cavan, on January 20, 2006, but guilty to her manslaughter by way of diminished responsibility.