Footballer Emiliano Sala was exposed to harmful levels of carbon monoxide before he was killed in a plane crash and it is likely his pilot was also affected, accident investigators said.

CAPE Verde Development, the Cork-based company that focuses on holiday developments on the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa, has begun work on a €2 billion golf and leisure resort on the islands.

The Pope today issued his strongest message yet in opposition to possible war in Iraq, telling Vatican diplomats that military force must be “the very last option.”