CLASSICAL music star Ronan Tynan has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against a US hotel over allegations that faulty maintenance in a room had caused him serious injuries.

A US court has begun hearing an $8m (€6.8m) lawsuit brought by the Irish tenor, Ronan Tynan against a Colorado hotel after an accident while taking a shower.

Relatives of a 22-year-old Donegal man have travelled to Colorado to question authorities about his death after his body was found hanging from a belt in a superstore’s garden storage area.