IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2012
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

For centuries, America and Ireland have built a proud and enduring partnership cemented by mutual values and a common history. Generations of Irish have crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of prosperity, and today nearly 40 million of their proud descendants continue to make their indelible mark on the United States of America. Their stories, as varied as our Nation's people, humble us and inspire our children to reach for the opportunities dreamed about by our forebears

By Ed Forry
BIR Publisher
Ireland held a national election last March that changed the face of government. Amidst every indication that the boom years of the “Celtic Tiger” had long since passed, the worldwide economic meltdown struck Ireland with catastrophic consequences.

By Melissa Tabeek
Special to the Reporter
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts filed a motion last week requesting an extension of time in order to prepare an amicus brief in support of two former researchers for Boston College embroiled in an ongoing fight to keep historical records involving the conflict in Northern Ireland from being released to the British government.

By Clark Booth
Maybe it should be arranged that for the foreseeable future – until at least either Tom Coughlin or Bill Belichick pack it in or Eli Manning and Tom Brady wander off to their ultimate reward in Canton, Ohio – we might have annual renewals of this thing the Patriots and Giants have lately concocted for our deep winter amusement. I say these two need to go at it, hammer and tong, again and again at the end of every season until one of them has won four out of seven.