A man accused of stabbing children and a care worker in Parnell Square is unfit to stand trial due to a brain injury, a court has heard.

Ross O'Rourke, with a previous address in Tullow, Carlow, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his father, Stefan Nivelle Posschier

Patrick McDonagh has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 73-year-old Peter McDonald, but denies his murder