The Odyssey Pavilion in Belfast, which has been put up for sale for £10m (€12.5m) on the instruction of administrator KPMG, will trigger a multimillion euro loss for the IBRC.

AN American plagued with bad luck since he nicked a piece of the doomed Titanic’s hull threw the “cursed” metal into Cork Harbour yesterday.

People who misbehave in or around their favourite bar in Belfast will be banned from the premises for a year under a new scheme to combat anti-social behaviour.

Drinkers in the North involved in anti-social behaviour were warned today that they face a one-year ban from a leading nightspot as part of a scheme to combat crime.