After a series of flops, Johnny Depp is back on track, portraying infamous Irish-American criminal, Whitey Bulger, writes Helen Barlow

Johnny Depp has revealed he felt “a tremendous amount of responsibility” to portray the real-life Irish-American gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

Johnny Depp has played a lot of strange characters over the years, particularly since he first put on the Captain Jack Sparrow hat back in 2003. And now he's about to add another enduring character to that mix.

A News of the World reporter was told by a “tyrant” boss to write a story about one of James Bulger’s killers from an anonymous tipster, a court heard today.

Benedict Cumberbatch has replaced Guy Pearce in the upcoming Whitey Bulger biopic.

A rising star jockey - who had ridden for Champion horse trainer Enda Bolger and owner JP McManus - was tragically killed in a freak accident today.

Authorities are preparing to auction off Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger’s belongings to raise money for his victims.

Boston mob boss James ’Whitey’ Bulger has been sentenced to life in prison for 11 killings and a string of other charges including extortion and money laundering.

In this feature from our archives Irish journalist, John Breslin, charts the rise and fall of the infamous Boston crime lord, Whitey Bulger, who was found dead in his prison cell earlier today.

The father of James Bulger has hit out after one of his son’s killers was released from prison for a second time, and declared he believes he will offend again.

The father of James Bulger has hit out after one of his son’s killers was released from prison for a second time and declared he believes he will offend again.

Another of the unfortunate legacies — what a long, well-polished list that is — of our nation’s time as a colony is a visceral distaste for “informers”. That, however, did not prevent a great number of our countrymen or women being just that.

One of the many interesting little anecdotes that emerged out of the James ’Whitey’ Bulger conviction on Monday was the fact that his lawyers had fought successfully for the Boston gangster to keep possession of a 1986 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup ring.

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was a murderer and violent criminal but it was the long-accepted fact he was an FBI informant that he was most concerned with denying, writes Michael Clifford

The jury that convicted James “Whitey” Bulger over a series of gangland murders has also left the families of some alleged victims shaken and angry because the panel did not find him guilty in several other killings.

Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been convicted in a string of 11 killings and other underworld crimes.

The star witness at the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, the reputed gangster’s former partner, tried to counter the defence’s claims that he’s a paedophile by lobbing the same accusation back at Bulger.

A murderer told jurors of his days as a close associate of James “Whitey” Bulger, joining him in a double murder in which Bulger wore a wig and fake mustache and escaped in a car capable of sending out a smokescreen or oil slick to deter pursuers.

Life in accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s gang entailed collecting money from bookies, beating people up and taking long walks along Boston’s waterfront to talk business, a top enforcer for the former “Winter Hill” gang told a jury.

The parents of murdered toddler James Bulger have spoken of their horror at the decision to release one of their son’s killers from prison.

The father of murdered British toddler James Bulger said the decision to release one of his son's killers from prison "filled him with terror".

Jon Venables, one of the child killers of toddler James Bulger, has been granted parole after he was sent back to jail for accessing child pornography, sources revealed today.

Accused Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and one of his associates shot dead a bar owner in a phone booth for bragging about helping the “Winter Hill Gang” with another killing, an ex-convict and confessed murderer has testified.

A former criminal associate of James “Whitey” Bulger told jurors at the accused mob boss’s trial that he agreed to testify against his old friend after learning that his former gang pals had begun co-operating with law enforcement.

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is no longer the feared man who swaggered around south Boston and later became one of America’s most-wanted fugitives.

Contempt proceedings and possible jail terms are to be brought against people who posted photos purporting to show James Bulger killers Jon Venables or Robert Thompson online, Britain’s attorney general said.

Britain’s attorney general has launched an investigation after photographs purporting to show killer Jon Venables were allegedly posted on the internet.

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has said she hopes to personally address a parole hearing for killer Jon Venables.

A lawyer has told of the “living nightmare” of representing one of James Bulger’s child murderers, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the toddler’s death.

Notorious Irish-American gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger was turned in by a former beauty queen.

AUTHOR Stetson Kennedy, whose infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan helped expose its workings in the 1940s, has died at the age of 94.

THE killer of English toddler James Bulger has lost his bid to be released on parole, the victim’s mother said.

The killer of Merseyside toddler James Bulger has lost his bid to be released on parole, the victim's mother said.

FBI agents lured Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger out of his Santa Monica, California, apartment by telling him someone had broken into his on-site storage unit.

AFTER 16 long years as a fugitive, notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger returned home to Boston last night to face charges of murder, conspiracy, narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering.

ELAINE Hyland left her home soon after 9am on December 12, 2006. She was accompanied by her two daughters, aged four and two. The older girl was being dropped to school.

The father of English toddler James Bulger has told a parole board about the "daily nightmare" of life since his son's murder.

As the FBI chased leads on two continents, mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger spent nearly all of his 16 years as a fugitive in a quiet California seaside city, passing himself off as just another OAP, albeit one who kept a .357 Magnum and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in his modest apartment.

BOSTON mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been captured near Los Angeles 16 years after his run from the law sparked an international manhunt and served as a major embarrassment to the FBI as their onetime informant eluded authorities.

Working with James ‘Whitey’ Bulger only ever ended one way, reports RYLE DWYER

James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.

THE mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has spoken of her fury after it emerged that one of his freed killers was allowed on an unsupervised holiday abroad.

One of James Bulger’s killers had sex with a member of prison staff shortly before his release on parole was agreed, it was alleged today.