CLONMEL engineering firm Kentz posted a 50% rise in first-half pre-tax profit, driven by its construction and technical support services units, and said it expected to exceed its previous targets for the full year.

AN English woman was being questioned by police last night after her two children were found dead in a Spanish hotel room.

bomb has exploded outside the offices of a political party in the northern town of Santona, Spain, but no one was injured.