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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Whitey Bulger and right-hand-man Pat Nee from Connemarra were feared throughout Boston for their ruthlessness.
The author of Black Mass and Bulger’s biography Dick Lehr speaks to us about the criminal’s life.
A fellow inmate with Mafia ties is reportedly being investigated following the death.
Depp and Cumberbatch are to play Whitey and Billy Bulger.
The 84-year-old rejected the charges until the end, calling the trial a “sham”.
Growing up just a few miles down the road from the Boston neighbourhood where gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger reigned, I saw through the lies that he protected residents from drugs and violence, writes Larry Donnelly.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The 83-year-old refused to take the stand in his own defence in what was one of the most dramatic criminal underworld trials in the US in recent years.
Final arguments in the trial of the alleged Boston mob boss are due next week following over a month of testimony, some of it extremely graphic.
Kevin Weeks – who rose through the ranks of Bulger’s organisation – has detailed three killings he says the crime boss carried out personally in the 1980s.
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, now 83, was captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011.
A court has heard opening arguments in the trial of the alleged Boston mob kingpin who is charged with 19 murders and numerous other offences
The 83-year-old faces 19 murder charges, as well as federal rackeeteering charges, over a decades-long career.
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
The girlfriend of the notorious Irish-American gangster had been on the run for 16 years claiming that her crimes were a result of a passionate love affair with Bulger.
Irish-American gangster ‘Whitey’ Buger was allegedly protected by his partner for more than 16 years.
Ex-beauty queen Anna Bjornsdottir has pocketed a $2million reward for tipping off the FBI – after getting to know the mobster thanks to a stray cat.
Catherine Greig is charged with conspiracy to harbour and and conceal a fugitive. Bulger, and Irish American mobster, was caught in June after 16 years on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.
A lawyer for the former FBI Most Wanted mobster, who’s accused of 19 murders, said he is still “very smart”.
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The notorious Irish-American gangster was arrested last week following the sterling work of another Irish-American.
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5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was captured last night after 16 years on the run. But how did the Irish-American mobster become such a notorious figure?
Notorious Irish-American gangster and girlfriend have been arrested in California – the Boston mob boss has been on the run for 16 years.
Nine more hardened criminals languish in the ‘most wanted’ category – including a notoriously brutal Irish-American mobster.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
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