A Dublin woman has been found guilty of the murder of a Kenyan man last year and her sister has been found guilty of his manslaughter.

The jury in the trial of the women charged with the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor in Dublin on 20 March last found 23-year-old Charlotte Mulhall of Kilclare Gardens in Tallaght guilty of murder.

The jury found her sister, Linda Mulhall, 31, of the same address not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.

Both verdicts were majority decisions.

It took the jury 18 hours of deliberation to reach its decision.

Both women have been remanded in custody until 4 December when they will be sentenced.

The 12 jury members spent last night at a hotel after 15 hours of deliberations.

Detective Inspector Christy Mangan, who lead the investigation, told the court that both women had a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

He said Linda Mulhall was an unemployed mother of four, and had one previous conviction dating back to 1993 for larceny.

He said Charlotte Mulhall also had a number of minor previous convictions for criminal damage and public order offences.

He described both their backgrounds as troubled and tough.

He added that their father, John Mulhall, died tragically last December, and that the weight of the case had certainly contributed to his death.

DI Mangan said efforts would be made to secure a victim impact statement from Mr Noor's family, via the Kenyan authorities.

But he said gardaí had so far not received a lot of assistance from inquiries conducted there.

Mr Justice Paul Carney ordered that psychiatric and probation reports be drawn up on both women.

The sisters had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor.

The 38-year-old Kenyan national's dismembered body was found in the Royal Canal in March of last year.

A consortium of Aer Lingus pilots who are investing in the airline's shares in an attempt to block a take over led by Michael O'Leary are being supported by a number of Ryanair pilots.

Pilots from both companies are buying shares through a company called Tailwind Nominees.

Aer Lingus pilots have been steadily building up a stake in the airline and now own 1.8% or €20m worth of Aer Lingus shares. Their pension fund has also bought €30m of stock.

RTE has now learned that some Ryanair pilots have also been investing in Tailwind, and buying Aer Lingus shares. Those pilots are trying to block the €1.4 billion take over of Aer Lingus by Ryanair.

If the airlines were merged the majority of the pilots in the country flying large commercial jets would be working for one company.

They fear Ryanair management could drive down their wages because the pilots would have few other job opportunities. 

Ryanair has had a tense relationship with its pilots in the past over the issue of union representation. 

The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell has welcomed the arrest of several people in the Netherlands as part of an anti-drugs operation.

According to gardaí, one of those arrested during the planned house search in Rotterdam is one of Ireland's biggest drug dealers.

The 30-year-old was arrested with his girlfriend and two other people.

Dutch police also seized a substantial quantity of drugs and at least one firearm.

The man is the leader of one of the two Drimnagh gangs whose feud has so far cost eight lives.

He is also believed to have been behind the importation of the largest quantity of heroin in the history of the state, which was seized by gardaí earlier this week.

€11m worth of the drug along with a sub-machine gun, magazines, thousands of rounds of ammunition and drug mixing paraphernalia were seized by gardaí from the South Central Crime Task Force when they raided an apartment at Aras na Cluana off the Nangor Road in Clondalkin on Tuesday night.

Mr McDowell said the operation was a further example of co-operation between the gardaí and their European counterparts.

A new opinion poll in tomorrow's Sunday Business Post confirms a large shift in support from the main Opposition parties to Fianna Fáil.

The Red C poll shows Fianna Fáil support is up by 6%, while Fine Gael and Labour between them have lost a similar percentage.

The latest monthly poll by Red C shows the biggest shift in support since the series began.

Fianna Fáil support is up six points to 39%, while Fine Gael at 23 is down two, and Labour at 10 is down four.

Sinn Féin has gained two points, to equal Labour on 10%, while the Greens are up one to 8%.

The PDs at three are down one, as are Independents and Others at eight.

After four Sunday Business Post polls in which Fine Gael and Labour were ahead of the current coalition parties, they are now nine points behind.

Further rain in southern areas this evening and tonight. Patchy rain, further north, will die out early tonight and cloud will break. Winds will fall light and fog will develop in many areas, resulting in poor visibility. Lowest temperatures 7 to 13 degrees, coolest in the north.