A convicted child killer was mutilated by his two alleged killers to an extent that investigators could not say exactly how many times he was stabbed, a court has heard.

The T Traynor & Sons Ltd machinery dealership in Clonmel, Co Tipperary has been bought out by the Pöttinger machinery company of Austria.

Budget airline easyJet is launching four new routes out of Belfast this week, it announced today.

Globetrotters were given yet another opportunity to spread their wings today when budget airline easyJet announced the start of a scheduled service from Belfast to the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza.