The killer of Irish journalist Simon Cumbers is believed to be among the 47 people executed in Saudi Arabia.

Cumbers - from Navan - died in Riyadh in June 2004 when he and his BBC colleague were attacked by terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda.

He was sentenced to death in November 2014.

In a 2009 interview with the Meath Chronicle - the Cumbers family pleaded with the Saudi government not to execute the man - saying Simon would not have wanted his killer dead.