A burn victim who had received a simultaneous partial face and and double-hand transplant in a French hospital has died.

A MAGISTRATES court in Créteil in France has imposed suspended prison sentences on the managers of a dairy company found guilty of selling products manufactured using adulterated butter.

French doctors have performed a partial face transplant on a 27-year-old man in the third-ever operation of its kind.

French authorities said today they are investigating low-cost airline easyJet for suspected labour code violations.

Despite a late come-back from Scotland, the Ireland Under 19s kept their composure to hold on for a 28-22 victory at the IRB/FIRA World Championships at Creteil, Paris, yesterday.