The type of plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes in the past five months has carried thousands of passengers to and from Ireland — and aviation authorities have no plans to ground 737 Max aircraft.

Norwegian Air has dismissed concerns about its commitment to its Irish transatlantic routes after it revealed it would post larger-than-expected losses for the current quarter.

Aer Lingus has ruled out the introduction of transatlantic flights from Cork despite suggestions from the airline’s CEO that they were on the horizon.

Norwegian Air has said it is recruiting pilots to be based in Dublin in order to “support its transatlantic operations as well as future growth in Ireland”.

Nine new services are being added to Dublin Airport's summer schedule.

Norwegian Air boss Bjorn Kjos tells reporter Pádraig Hoare that Cork is strategically important and insists the airline has not abandoned plans for its Cork to New York route.

The boss of Norwegian Air has cast doubt on the possibility of a Cork to New York route, saying it is currently not feasible with the aircraft at hand.

What should have been a celebration for the regions has been put in the shade by Norwegian revealing its flights to the US from Dublin, writes Alan Kelly TD.

The curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth" after 146 years, as Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus lowers its big top for good.

US cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia are shutting down against a monster storm that could unload up to three feet of snow on a region of more than 35 million people.

The parents of a US cameraman diagnosed with Ebola have said their son is in good spirits.

The world’s oldest man, a retired chemist and parapsychologist, has died in New York City, aged 111.

At least three performers remain in critical condition following a circus accident in Providence, Rhode Island.

Emma Watson has turned down films to focus on her university exams.

It is public art made of private wishes.

Whistleblower soldier Bradley Manning decided to announce that she wanted to live as a woman the day after she was sentenced because a military prison said it would not provide hormone treatment, her lawyer said.

A US man claims to have eaten more than 5,000 species of insects in the last 11 years.

FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the home of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws and carried away several bags.

A policeman who dances as he directs traffic has become a Christmas fixture in the US.

Demi Moore is reportedly refusing to go to rehab.

KRISTIN Hersh knew she’d made it in the music business the night she found herself wearing her contact lenses on stage.

Emma Watson is enrolling at Oxford University, and is due to start her studies in October.

Emma Watson has taken to her website to deny claims that bullying drove her to take a break from university.

A US judge drastically cut a €533,000 award against a Boston University graduate who was found liable for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs online.

MARY CULLEN managed to win back some pride for Ireland with a fine fourth place in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross-Country Championships in Brussels yesterday as Martin Fagan could only watch from his knees as his medal hopes faded after a crashing fall in the senior men’s race.

MARK CARROLL has been appointed the US Athlete Manager for Athletics Ireland.

Hillary Clinton sharpened her criticism of Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama on national security issues as she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, waged a campaign blitz in two big states she needs to win to keep her campaign afloat.

Hillary and Bill Clinton waged a two-front campaign blitz today in the two big states Mrs Clinton needs to win to keep her Democratic presidential campaign afloat

JAMES NOLAN and Roisín McGettigan got their Olympic years off to flying starts at the weekend’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games with encouraging runs in their respective mile races.

American singer Liza Minnelli will perform again following a collapse on stage at a show in Sweden three weeks ago, her lawyer said.

OSCAR the nursing home cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.

Hellraising Limp Bizkit frontman-turned-movie-maker Fred Durst is set to wed his mystery new girlfriend.

Kevin Costner has fired back at Hollywood gossip suggesting he and his new wife Christine Baumgartner are on the verge of splitting up.

Churches in the United States are weaving music from the Irish rock band U2 with their more formal traditional liturgy.

Hundreds of salt-spreading trucks fanned out across New York City today as the region’s first major winter storm of the season threatened to drop up to 18 inches of snow, blanketing a wide swath of the Northeast US and New England.

MICHAEL FOUHY faces the biggest assignment of his boxing career when he represents Ireland at heavyweight at the multi-nations tournament in Ballybunion this week.

IRISH MEDAL hope Alistair Cragg believes his chances of glory at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid this weekend will be greatly enhanced by the presence of team-mate Mark Carroll beside him on the starting line.

Irishman Mark Carroll, 32, and Ethiopia's Atalelech Ketema, 21, were the respective winners of the men's and women's races at the 15th Annual Mayor's Cup Cross Country Races at Boston's Franklin Park yesterday.

Germany would veto a plan by Textron Inc to sell to Israel armoured vehicles it makes under licence from a Munich-based company if asked for approval, according to lawmakers from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s ruling coalition.

IRISH Olympian Marie Davenport will run her first marathon next month when she takes on the hallowed 26.2 mile course around New York City.

Pop beauty Jessica Simpson was forced to cancel a second date on her American tour last night as she recovers from a kidney infection.

Rapper Busta Rhymes has been given six months’ probation for pushing a woman’s head into a table during a concert.