IT DISTRIBUTION company Horizon Technology paid chief financial officer Cathal O’Caoimh a bonus of €762,000 last year.

TRINITY BIOTECH shares slumped 10% yesterday after the Wicklow-based developer of clinical tests saw first-quarter pre-tax profits fall to $748,000 (€634,000), 60% less than the same period last year.

A jury has retired to a hotel for the night after failing to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of a Louth man accused of murdering a young German woman in 2001.

The jury in the murder trial of a 42-year-old Louth man has been discharged after the presiding judge fell ill after the first day of the case.