A man in his 20s was arrested and is being questioned at a Garda station in Meath

Andrei Dobra (36) will admit that he strangled his partner to death at the home they shared in Co Meath, the court was told

Mr Justice McDermott told the jury panel there was a mental health issue in the case in relation to the accused man

The incident happened on Main Street in Ratoath in the early hours of Monday

The body of the woman was discovered in a duplex apartment in River Court, Ratoath on Saturday evening.

Gardaí arrested a man, aged in his 30s, after a woman, understood to be in her 30s, was found dead at a domestic residence in Co Meath on Saturday night