For Áine Minogue, it’s all about Eve and what she has meant for all of us

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
November 2, 2018
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

The Boston-area Irish harpist and singer Áine Minogue has a certain philosophy about brainstorms: If you have one, don’t get in the way – just let it happen and then figure it all out afterwards. So, a few years ago, Minogue found herself in what she calls “a mad writing fit,” in which hundreds of songs seem to pour out.

NE’s Irish organizations focus on giving a boost to outreach efforts. The agenda centers on many issues

By Dan Sheehan, Special to the BIR
November 2, 2018
Dan Sheehan, Special to the BIR

How can Irish diaspora organizations from across New England find some common ground on how they tell the stories that matter to those who cherish their heritage? That was the overriding topic last month (Oct. 13) at a conference sponsored by the Consulate General of Ireland in Boston and the Irish Cultural Centre of New England at the centre’s facilities in Canton.

The BIR’s Irish Honors speak each year to a heritage of appreciation

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
November 2, 2018

BY ED FORRY
A couple who have spent decades helping Boston kids stay safe and achieve their dreams; a Catholic priest who ministers to the city’s most vulnerable; and a pioneering ENT physician with roots in Dublin.
These were the very worthy honorees at this year’s Boston Irish Honors luncheon, which took place on October 18 in the main ballroom of Boston’s Seaport Hotel.

Hundreds join for St Augustine Cemetery 200th anniversary

By BIR Newsroom
September 28, 2018
BIR Newsroom

St. Augustine Chapel and Cemetery in South Boston began a year-long bicentennial celebration with a ceremony and Mass on Sept. 15.
The cemetery, dedicated in December 1818, was the first Catholic burial ground in Boston, and the chapel is the oldest surviving Catholic church in the Boston archdiocese.
After the cemetery was opened, many Catholics arranged to re-inter the bodies of relatives on its grounds. About 1,000 people are buried there.

‘BRIDGET SUCH A ONE ...’ October brings the anniversary of a tragic immigrant saga

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
September 28, 2018
Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

The tragic wrecking at sea of the Brig St. John 169 years ago is an event that resonates especially in 2018 with America tearing along its political, racial, ethnic, and religious seams.
The catastrophe engulfed desperate Boston-bound immigrants off the shore of Cohasset on October 7, 1849. As disaster hit, common humanity trumped Nativist prejudice for an all-too-brief moment.

A Supreme Court donnybrook and an unlikely buddy story

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
September 28, 2018
Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

So not one of the 11 GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee is “man” enough to question Professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has alleged that federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her some 36 years ago. As of this writing, Senators Charles Grassley, Lindsay Graham, Orrin Hatch, John Cornyn and their committee cronies plan to bring an “outside female prosecutor” to interrogate Ford about her allegations.

First things first for an effective DA: Job is about deterrence and public safety

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
September 28, 2018

By James W. Dolan

In the rush to reform the criminal justice system by converting what some might view as petty offenses to civil infractions and dismissing cases to avoid the imposition of a criminal record, one must not overlook the role of a district attorney as chief law enforcement officer of a county. In that office, prosecutorial discretion allows some latitude, but within limits.

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