In 2007, MOL was talking about Ryanair flying from Europe to Islip on Long Island, close to NYC. That was almost 7 years ago. We've had a deep recession and FR have had ample chance to pick up widebody aircraft while other carriers were shrinking or going bust. As far as I can tell, FR have done very little to put Ryanatlantic into reality, besides talking in 2008 at a press conference about bl-w j-bs in business class.
I'll believe this when the aircraft order is confirmed.