A BREWER has created a super-strength ale which costs £500 (€600) a bottle and will be sold inside dead stuffed animals.

Brewer SABMiller today said half-year lager sales volumes rose by 12% across the UK and Europe but cautioned revenue growth would be “partially” offset by higher costs.

DIGICEL, Denis O’Brien’s Caribbean-based mobile business, has named former Eircell chief executive Stephen Brewer as the new head of its operations in Trinidad and Tobago.