A bomb that exploded outside a busy restaurant in Belfast city centre following a misleading telephone warning could have killed or maimed festive revellers, a police commander has said.

Special commemorative services, vigil marches and the opening of a £77m (€100m) visitors' centre are among the highlights of the three-week Titanic festival at the city where the vessel was built.

CORK’S iconic Shandon church is to host its first fully paid concert later this month.