A 29 year old man has gone on trial for the murder of a homeless man who was allegedly beaten to death and set on fire in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
Ciaran Moran with a previous address at Camden Street, denies murdering Gerard Donnelly in November 2013.
Mr. Donnelly's family came from West Clare, and he was later laid to rest in Kildysart.
The jury's heard Gerard Donnelly's body was discovered when two gardai went to investigate a fire in the Phoenix Park in the early hours of November 29th 2013.
The body was ablaze, and an aerosol and a lump hammer were found at the scene.
Opening the case the proseuction has said there'll be evidence Gerard Donnelly died from multiple blows to the head.
The jury heard he was homeless but had €140,000 euro in an EBS account.
The prosecution claims the accused man Ciaran Moran who was also homeless, knew Gerard Donnelly was 'an individual of quite considerable means' and that CCTV places him near the scene.
