The appearance of convicted murderer Mark Nash at the inquest into the death of two women who were murdered in Grangegorman, Dublin, in 1997 has been put off.
Solicitors for Nash are due to appear before the Cornorer's Court in the morning at 11 a.m. to address the matter.
In this morning's hearing, relatives of the two victims - Ms Sylvia Shields and Ms Mary Callanan - called for a longer adjournment in order to have time to access documents relating to the case.
However, the Dublin City Coroner, Dr Brian Farrell, refused the application.
Ms Sheilds (58) and Ms Callanan (61) were both found stabbed to death in a community care house opposite St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital.
Nash made a detailed statement on the Grangegorman murders following his arrest for murdering Catherine and Carl Doyle, in Co Roscommon, in August 1997.
He told gardai at the time he had previously killed two women in Dublin. He also wrote two letters saying the same thing.
Nash's statement contained specific details about the murders which could have come only from someone familiar with the circumstances of the Grangegorman killings or who knew details from the Garda investigation into them.
This morning's hearing also heard that a patient who shared the house at 1, Orchard View, Grangegorman, slept through both murders which were committed in the bedrooms beside hers.
Ms Anne Mernagh told the court that on the night of March 6th, 1997, she had taken sleeping pills and had not woken until 6 a.m. the following morning.
She said she entered the room of Ms Shields she discovered one of the women's bodies and raised the alarm. The body of Ms Shields, Ms Mernagh said, was surrounded by pools of blood and on approaching the body she found that Ms Shields' throat had been cut.
She also told the court that she had not noticed any blood stains on the floor of her room and only found out about them later, when she was told.
Over the course of the morning, six witnesses shed further light on the details and circumstances of the murders.
It emerged that both women had been found semi-naked, and that in the case of Ms Callanan, the face had been severely beaten.
The inquest continues this afternoon.