Irish glass and packaging group, Ardagh has reported a 16% year-on-year increase in underlying third-quarter revenues to €1.31bn.

The Irish-owned glass and packaging group, Ardagh has announced the raising of $1.53bn (€1.12bn) in fresh debt financing to fund its stalled takeover of Verallia North America (VNA).

VIETNAM will prosecute anyone responsible for the sinking of a tour boat in Halong Bay that killed 12 people, officials said at the weekend, as relatives arrived to take home the victims’ bodies.