The third person killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was a graduate student at Boston University who was originally from China’s northeastern city of Shenyang, a state-run Chinese newspaper reported today.

Senator Eamonn Coghlan yesterday found the perfect opportunity to help promote his &St Patrick’s Festival 5k and Family Fun Run — in tandem with his mission to improve the physical fitness of the younger generation — when he met a group of transition students from Presentation College, Terenure on a field trip to Government Buildings.

THE MAN who “used to be the next American president” has become the latest environmentalist to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, writes Wesley Johnson.

In speech after campaign speech, President George Bush tells audiences that the best reason to vote for him is that a re-election victory means four more years of Laura Bush. There’s a good reason why – Bush’s wife is much more popular than he is.