A man accused of murdering Emmett Connolly (32) in Co. Cavan last month is due to appear before Cloverhill District Court later this morning.

Kevin Moran (28) - with an address at Lodge View, Cootehill and originally from Dublin - has been charged with murdering the archaeologist in the early hours of September 29th.

Mr Connolly was stabbed to death as he drank with another man in a house in Cootehill. He had returned home to Ireland from Australia just two weeks before his murder.