Three murdered Irish tourists were ordinary people on a summer holiday, who were just hours away from flying home, when Seifeddine Rezgui took to Marhaba beach armed with an assault rifle and grenades and massacre of the innocent on his mind, reports Cormac O’Keeffe.

Fifteen British people have been confirmed dead in the Tunisia attack, with a warning that the toll could rise.

This week's book reviews in brief

Anyone with an ounce of taste has been reading one American writer in particular for the last couple of years.