Cruise ship to return to Belfast to complete paperwork hours after setting sail

The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship leaves Belfast Harbour on Monday night Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

A luxury cruise ship which was stranded in Belfast for four months is to return to the city just hours after it finally set sail.

Chief executive of Villa Vie Residences Mike Petterson said the liner still had to complete administrative paperwork before it could finally depart to undertake a three-year round-the-world cruise.