VT Group continued to resist takeover interest today after rival Babcock International upped its offer for the services firm to more than £1.2bn (€1.4bn).

The world’s biggest single-masted yacht – costing more than £30m (€44.9m) – set out on its maiden voyage today.

The world’s biggest single-masted yacht – costing more than £30m (€44m) – has delayed sailing on its maiden voyage, it emerged today.

THE world’s biggest single-masted yacht — costing more than €45 million and designed by Kinsale-based designer Ron Holland – was unveiled yesterday.