“The Legacy Series and “The Legacy Fund” aim to make sure that Brian O’Donovan’s work will endure

By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Correspondent
February 29, 2024
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Correspondent

By Sean Smith

BostonIrish Contributor

The passing of Brian O’Donovan last fall has been felt keenly by the Celtic music community in the Boston area and elsewhere – a community he had no small part in fostering.

Breaking barriers in Baltimore: David Badejo’s J-1 Experience

By Rian Immigrant Center
February 29, 2024
Rian Immigrant Center

David Badejo began his visa journey in January of 2023 with a bit of a rocky start. He shared with us that initially there was a misconception about the timeline, but with the support of individuals like Jude and Nora at the Rian Immigrant Center, he was able to successfully secure his visa by February. It was a remarkably quick turnaround time!

Reflections at 85

By James W. Dolan, Special to BostonIrish
February 29, 2024
James W. Dolan, Special to BostonIrish

Having reached the final chapters of my life, I think back on all I have absorbed within the context of my professional career as lawyer, judge, and, in retirement, as an arbitrator, mediator, and occasional columnist.

Unfortunately, I am not as confident as I once was. My faith in a benevolent, all-knowing deity, a creator that oversees the universe and guides a flawed humanity to truth, love, understanding, justice, compassion, and mercy, is diminished, due in part to my work, which is largely based on analyzing evidence upon which a sound, coherent judgment could be based.

Letter from Dublin: Belfast’s elite have long stoked sectarian division to blunt labor solidarity. Is 2024 the turning point?

By Timothy Kirk, Special to BostonIrish
February 29, 2024
Timothy Kirk, Special to BostonIrish

On Jan. 18, more than 170,000 public sector workers in Northern Ireland went on a 24-hour strike.  The 17 trade unions representing nurses, teachers, ambulance staff, bus drivers, and road maintenance crews did so with the support of most of the people in Northern Ireland.  According to the office of national statistics, there are 861,000 workers in Northern Ireland, which means the strikers constituted 20 percent of all workers in the six counties.

Letter from Wicklow: Stormont back in the North, Sinn Féin slipping in the Republic

By Larry Donnelly, Special to Boston Irish
February 29, 2024
Larry Donnelly, Special to Boston Irish

With a mixture of fanfare and cautious optimism, Northern Ireland’s power-sharing Stormont assembly finally is up and running after a two-year impasse.  Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill is the first ever nationalist First Minister in the six counties and Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party is her deputy.

The Presence of Rose: Remembering an aunt’s immigrant example

By Martin McGovern
February 29, 2024
Martin McGovern

 When my father declined to cross the Atlantic for my wedding in 1990, I understood why. Traveling from Dublin to Massachusetts and meeting so many new people would have been anxiety inducing for him. Although his decision did not upset me, it left me worried about my mother traveling solo and without a partner at a family event.

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