Boston Irish Reporter - Boston

Boston Real Estate is Tom Hynes's Game, But This Marathon Man Doesn't Stop There

irishadmin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:43:05 +0000

Greg O'Brien

A student of the classics and ancient Greece, Tom Hynes delights in the story of Pheidippides, the Athenian herald who in 490 B.C. announced the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon. As legend has it, Pheidippides ran a marathon 150 miles in two days, then raced 25 miles from the battlefield to Athens to proclaim victory. "We have won," he declared. He then collapsed, dead from exhaustion. Read more

Murphy, a Mover on the Boston City Council, Takes Stock of Voter Anger in Mulling Future

irishadmin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:29:29 +0000

Greg O'Brien

The view is serene from Stephen John Murphy's office on the fifth floor of Boston City Hall. It overlooks Faneuil Hall and a swath of Boston Harbor in the distance on this promising late January day when the sun is a bit higher in the sky and the temperature is flirting with the 50s. Inside this dense concrete bunker, the political climate is chilling, as observers assess the damage from the storm surge of angry voters that swept Scott Brown into the United States Senate faster than you could say "All bets are off!" Read more

A Look at James Michael Curley in Power

Staff — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:19:45 +0000

"When Congressman Curley is in Boston," one of the papers wrote in 1913, "though his political influence is now supposed to be with the federal department heads, he is just as busy pulling favors at City Hall as when he was an alderman and councilor. Members of the present City Council are rarely seen in the building but for favors or other things until a meeting day, but Curley is always racing from one office to another for his constituents. Those who know the Congressman well say that this is the secret of his success in politics so far - that he is always 'on the job' for his constituent." Read more