Cruise passengers are to set sail from Belfast on Monday on a three-and-a-half-year world voyage after being stranded in the city for months as the ship underwent unexpected repair works. Some plan to make it their forever home.

Belfast’s stranded cruise ship, which finally set sail on Monday after months of delays, is set to return to the port on Tuesday afternoon. Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey was scheduled to leave the city in May but was delayed as it needed repairs.