No motive for shooting of 'best friend', court hears

The trial of a father-of-four accused of murdering his best friend at his apartment in north Dublin has heard no motive was established for the shooting.

Peter Donnelly (aged 52) of The Green, Larch Hill Apartments, Santry, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Edward Flanagan (aged 49) at the same address on June 16, 2011.