In America, the quarterback has long been king.

JOE WARD'S comeback fight in Boston has been cancelled because of the coronavirus.

Parades in Boston, Seattle, and LA have been cancelled, meaning one of the biggest revenue generating days for bars will be curtailed, write Matthew Townsend and Angelica LaVito

Amy Austin is the new wine bar from John Farrell who also has Dillingers and the Butcher Grill in Ranelagh plus the super-trendy 777 Mexican bar on George’s St.

He will now not go to New York where a UN event is being held as was initially planned.

Joe Ward will meet New Orleans light-heavy Patrick Pierre in his comeback fight at Boston’s House of Blues on March 14.

Ministers travelling abroad as part of scaled back St Patrick’s Day visits this year have been banned from flying first class, hiring limousines, or using hotel suites.

Two para-swimmers are the first Irish athletes to be indirectly affected by the coronavirus after the cancellation of a competition they were due to attend in northern Italy this week.

Diarmuid Vaughan, Cork Airport Hotel general manager, spent some school years in the US. He spoke to Ciara McDonnell

We kick the can along the road, hoping optimism will trump science.

Irish company Poppulo said it's aiming for 30% annual growth over the next five years as it eyes further expansion in the internal communications sector.

The man accused of the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was on bail and under curfew at the time of the fatal shooting, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Here is a selection of people who have begun new roles with companies and organisations in Ireland, including OneLogin, 3Sixty, Philip Lee, Learning Pool, Irish Farmers’ Association and Cork County Council

Mageean, who’s season got off to a flier when she set a new Irish 1500m Indoor record at the World Athletics Indoor Grand Prix in Boston in January, will bid for another Irish record when she competes in the 3000m.

Innovative technology company Horizon8 is expected to create 50 jobs in Cork City centre.

Sean Davis of Enterprise Ireland looks at the success of Irish firms employing 106,000 people in the US.

It’s a long way, geographically, from the small south Kerry village of Cromane to the gilded acres of California’s Stanford University. And an even greater cultural distance when one’s origins derived from deep poverty and forced emigration, only to transform in a single generation to the highest echelons of American academia.

A “big culture shock” is how Galway’s Conor Whelan describes their June 15 exit from the 2019 hurling championship.

Ciara Mageean made the flying start to 2020 by setting an Irish indoor 1500m record in Boston on Saturday night.

The recently revamped security firm, the Netwatch Group, posted revenues of €35.1m in its first 10 months in business in 2018, new accounts show.

Hannah Stephenson has 10 ideas.

Technology solutions company Horizon8 has opened its new European headquarters in Cork today.

Paul Pollock has run the fastest marathon by an Irishman in 31 years, the 33-year-old smashing his personal best in Valencia to clock 2:10:25, which was a Northern Irish record.

An engineering expert who helped advise the Italian government on flood defences in Venice insists that the river Lee dams can protect Cork from river flooding without the need for "high walls".

The vast personal archive of Ireland’s “golden-voiced soprano”, Rita Lynch, has been donated to Cork’s city and county archives.

Cairde Chorcaí is to host a membership launch next Monday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, with current and former Cork players and managers in attendance along with new board member Joanne O’Riordan.

As anecdotal evidence of inter-county teams returning to collective training for 2020 before the traditional permitted start dates grows, the GAA is taking a more relaxed attitude to training bans.

Garrett Fitzgerald says Doug Howlett was the best signing he made during his 20 years as Munster CEO.

Katie Taylor is a two-weight world champion after claiming a unanimous-decision win over Christina Linardatou in Manchester on Saturday.