Six years after the Boston Marathon bomb attack, three Irish athletes recall the events of that shocking day, and how out of that darkness, the city, its people, and its marathon came back stronger

A Co Offaly man who was contacted by Boston killer James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, believing they were related, has spoken of his shock at the elderly gangster’s murder in prison.

A lawyer who represented James “Whitey” Bulger is blaming the notorious Boston gangster’s death on decisions made by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Midway through the seventh round of the toughest test of her career to date, Katie Taylor dropped her hands, retreated to the ropes and invited her opponent, the former world champion Cindy Serrano, to take a free shot.

Cork Airport has welcomed today’s announcement that Norwegian’s Cork to Boston Providence service is available to book for summer 2019.

As Dublin star Diarmuid Connolly looks set to head out to the US for the summer in the coming days, the allure of Gaelic football in Boston is proving extremely attractive, with a host of inter-county and elite club talent basing themselves there this summer.

As Dublin star Diarmuid Connolly looks set to head out to the US for the summer in the coming days, the allure of Gaelic football in Boston is proving extremely attractive, with a host of inter-county and elite club talent basing themselves there this summer.

A second airline has confirmed that it will drop services between Shannon and Boston for the next winter season.

Bow down to Queen Elsa.

Latest: A number of additional flights have been cancelled this morning, disrupting passengers in Cork airport.

Here are all the highlights you may have missed from last night's Fenway Hurling Classic.

It didn’t take the hurlers of Dublin, Tipperary, Clare and Galway long to discover Boston’s list of priorities last Friday when they landed for the Fenway Classic Super 11s.

The man who found the Boston marathon bomber hiding in his boat in his backyard has died.

Thousands of counter-protesters marched through central Boston on Saturday, chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving signs condemning white nationalism.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the political blocking of Norwegian Air’s long- standing bid to fly trans- Atlantic from Cork Airport appears to have lifted.

An Icelandic low-fares airline has swooped in ahead of a competitor to offer cheap transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, via Iceland, to North America.

A US pilots’ union which is at loggerheads with Norwegian Air International over plans for a transatlantic flight out of Cork said that the airline could swiftly unlock the near three-year-old dispute by offering US regulators an assurance over its pay plans.

One of America’s largest airlines has warned that the ongoing delay sanctioning low-cost Cork-US flights could threaten its, and other US airlines’ growth plans.

Some of the most influential travel industry leaders in America have urged US President Barack Obama to approve a licence for low-cost flights to the US from Ireland.

THE prospect of Cork having a direct air link to the United States seems to be diminishing by the day. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny plans to raise the stalled Cork-US flights saga with President Barack Obama again.

Would you be as honest?

The first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport are a step closer. The Irish airline planning the services has secured technical certification for the aircraft on the routes.

Cork Chamber issued a rallying call to people last night to back the proposed Cork-Boston flights as US labour unions staged a protest rally at the White House.

Prominent supporters of the proposed Cork-US flights have launched a targeted offensive on key US politicians in a bid to secure the service.

US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ claims that proposed Cork-US flights could cost thousands of jobs have been dismissed as “groundless”.

H'on ya boyo ya!

David Drumm's extradition hearing is due to take place in Boston today.

A young entrepreneurial spirit has found himself in hot water after renting out his dorm room through Airbnb.

Defeat is hard enough to accept, but Mitrione was also left nursing as nasty an eye injury as we’ve ever seen.

A woman who police believe was drunk has been restrained after she allegedly tried to open an exit door in midair on board a transatlantic British Airways flight.

Following today’s announcement of Cork Airport’s first transatlantic flights to the US with Norwegian Air, here are ten great things you can do in Boston.