A remote island knitwear firm that counts Barney’s and Bergdorf Goodman in New York among its clients last year had a substantial increase in profits.

Axing the air service to the Aran Islands will threaten jobs and businesses and force people to leave, locals warned yesterday.

A teenage boy who has committed a series of sexual offences has been jailed for five years for sexually assaulting a 14 year-old girl.