ENGLAND: It was one small ban for mankinis, one giant step for a seaside resort town.

Two men and one woman have died in a surfing tragedy at a coastal beauty spot.

Fire alarms at a backpackers’ hostel in Australia were switched off by one of the managers just weeks before a fire tore through the building, killing 15 young travellers, including Limerick woman Julie O'Keeffe, 24, a court heard.