Flights from Cork to the US will provide a huge opportunity to attract business tourists to the south-west region, according to Fáilte Ireland.

Budget airline Norwegian is expected to announce low-fares US flights from four Irish airports within weeks.

The airline poised to launch low-cost flights from Ireland to America next summer has confirmed it is considering landing at secondary US airports — each up to 100km from Boston and New York, respectively — to keep costs down.

A Russian couple living in the US have been charged with illegally using the personal information of an American citizen living in Ireland, who says he learned of the alleged scam through Facebook.

The owners of a US nightclub where 100 people were killed in a fire last February have been charged with manslaughter.