A 34-year-old Dundalk man appears in court charged with the murder of his wife at their home in the town.

A 34-year-old man has been brought before a special sitting of Dundalk District Court charged with the murder of his wife.

Detective Garda Joe Ryan told the Dundalk court that when he arrested and charged the defendant at 11.15pm on Friday night, McDonagh replied: “I didn’t mean to kill her, I’m sorry. I didn ...

Michael McDonagh is accused of killing his wife, Jacqueline, at their home in College Manor in the town in the early hours of last Wednesday morning. Mrs McDonagh, a 34-year-old mother of their ...