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Dorchester man shot to death outside home

By Ed Forry, October 12, 2011

The murder of a 36- year-old man who was found shot to death on Nahant Avenue near Adams Corner early Monday morning has prompted renewed calls for police enforcement in that section of Dorchester, where gun violence is rare but not unprecedented. Boston Police are probing whether the murder is connected to an armed robbery that happened just a block away on Ashmont Street on Sunday night.

Ciaran O Conghaile (or Conneely), who is originally from the Aran Islands in County Galway, Ireland, died hours after a neighbor found him at 1 a.m. sprawled along the curb outside 20 Nahant Ave., just steps from his apartment. Conneely suffered from a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and died later in the morning, according to the Boston Police Department. Read more

For James Dolan, Judging Let Him See Up Close How Life Played Out for Real

By Anonymous, May 6, 2011

BY GREG O’BRIEN
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
A local superman of sorts, James W. Dolan has pursued truth, justice, and the American Way for most his adult life. But there’s a little of a Tom Cruise character in him, and, for that matter, in all of us, defined in the compelling courtroom moment in the classic movie A Few Good Men when Jack Nicholson as the crusty Col. Nathan R. Jessep turned to Cruise in the role of prosecutor Lieutenant JG Daniel Kaffee, and barked, “You can’t handle the truth!” Read more

Life Can Be Cruel, Trooper’s Widow Knows Well; But It Goes On and On, and ‘You Need to Step Up’

By Ed Forry, March 1, 2011

By Greg O’Brien
Special to the BIR
Massachusetts State Trooper Paul Barry, who cut a stern yet tender swath, was a man of decisiveness, an individual who always knew what he wanted and who had the resolve to attain it. As a young high school junior in Dorchester, he was attracted to an archetypal Dot girl four years his senior. Like Hermie in the Summer of ’42, Barry fumbled his way through awkward advances to lovely 21-year-old Maryellen Hayes at Camp Fatima in New Hampshire, a Catholic summer camp for special needs children and adults where they met while serving as volunteers. Read more

Sister publication provides latest news on Haiti's earthquake, local response

By Ed Forry, January 17, 2010

The BIR's sister publication, the Boston Haitian Reporter, has been providing up-to-the-minute coverage of Haiti's earthquake and rescue efforts since Tuesday afternoon. We invite our readers to visit the BHR website for information on how Boston's Irish community can be of assistance.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti, our Haitian-American friends and relatives and all who have a connection to the region.

Boston is No Mystery to the BPL's New President, Amy Ryan

By Staff, June 3, 2009

She Brings Experience and Perspective to Her High-Wire Act

By Greg O'Brien
Special to the BIR

Amy Ryan hardly looks like the bookworm that she is. Resembling a university president more than a stereotypical librarian, the multi-tasking, cerebral president of the venerable Boston Public Library (BPL). Read more

R.I.P.-Dave Burke, Lawrence Civic Leader, is Dead at 69

By Ed Forry, May 30, 2009

David R. Burke, the leading voice in the lawrence Hibernian community for more than a half century, has passed away. He died late Wednesday night, May 27 at Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen. Read more

BC Hosts St. Patrick Exhibit

By Staff, May 21, 2009

NEW EXHIBIT AT BURNS LIBRARY THROUGH JUNE 15
SHOWCASES HISTORY AND LEGACY OF IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT

A new exhibit centered on the history, mission and legacy of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, makes its first and only New England appearance at Boston College's John J. Burns Library, now through June 15. Read more

Volvo Boats Leave Boston, Head for Galway

By BIR News Room, May 18, 2009

Close start out of Boston: 16th May, 2009Click to enlarge.Close start out of Boston: 16th May, 2009.
The crew onboard Green Dragon were given a warm send off in Boston by a huge crowd of Irish supporters, all cheering on as the boat left the dock to the sound of their team song ‘Galway Girl’. Read more

Irish President McAleese Visits Boston Thru Thursday

By Ed Forry, May 18, 2009

McAleeseIreland President Mary McAleese is making a presidential visit to Massachusetts this week, arriving in Boston over the Memorial Day weekend. It marks her second visit to the area as President, and her first since 1999. During the visit, she visited western Massachusetts ad Worcester last weekend, and is meeting with Irish organizations in the Boston area thrusThursday, May 28. Read more

Boston to Host 2013 Irish Dance Championship

By Ed Forry, May 18, 2009

An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha (The Irish Dancing Commission) has awarded Boston and the Hynes Convention Center the 2013 World Irish Dancing Championships. Boston won the event over 20 other cities around the world. This will be only the second time these championships are held in the United States and the first time they have come to Boston. Glasgow, Scotland, Dublin and Belfast are hosting the event through 2012. Read more

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