The jury in the trial of a 47-year-old man accused of murdering his housemate in Cork last year has been sent home for a second night.
Derrick Daly, who is originally from Enfield in Co Meath but with an address at St Vincent's Hostel in Cork city, denies murdering 57-year-old Catherine Smart on Easter Sunday last year.
Ms Smart's body was found at her home at Bailick Court in Midleton on 2 April, 2010.
She had been struck with a hurley at least five times and died from head injuries.
The jury has been deliberating for more than five hours over two days.
This afternoon the judge directed them that a majority verdict would be acceptable.
They will resume deliberating on a verdict tomorrow.
