When I see one of the big, multi-storey cruise ships that resemble fun fairs or apartment buildings, I wonder why they bother to head out to sea.

A cruise ship stranded in Belfast for the past four months has finally left the city's lough.

After a four-month delay in Belfast, cruise passengers aboard the Odyssey have finally begun their 3½-year around-the-world voyage.

Cruise ship departs after four months stranded in Belfast - Villa Vie Odyssey is understood to be headed for Scotland before going on to France and later the Bahamas.