Update: Boston College Moves to Quash Subpoena of IRA Interviews

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
June 10, 2011

By Michael Caprio
Special to the BIR

Boston College announced Wednesday that it will fight a subpoena from British authorities demanding that the university hand over protected interviews with former IRA members.

University spokesperson Jack Dunn said in a statement that the release of the tapes could threaten the safety of the living IRA participants and the ongoing peace process in Northern Ireland.

BCM Fest

By Sean Smith
June 3, 2011
Sean Smith

A column of news and updates of the Boston Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest), which celebrates the Boston area’s rich heritage of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton music and dance with a grassroots, musician-run winter music festival and other events during the year.

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Festival All Set to Go in Canton

By Sean Smith
June 3, 2011
Sean Smith

New England acts The Makem and Spain Brothers and the Joshua Tree join Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfe Tones, The Screaming Orphans, McPeake, Enter the Haggis, and The Prodigals as headliners for this year’s Boston Irish Festival, which will take place June 17-19 at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England in Canton.

Other musical performers appearing at the festival include Boston Black Thorne, the John Robert Murphy Band, Dicey Riley, Erin Og, the Denis O’Gorman Band and The Ha’penny Band.

Becoming a Legend: Flavin is Tip O'Neill in 'According to Tip'

By R.J. Donovan, Special to the Reporter
June 3, 2011
R.J. Donovan, Special to the Reporter

Dick FlavinDick FlavinVeteran Boston broadcaster and politician commentator Dick Flavin is a man with a mission. To keep alive the memory of the life and times of the beloved Massachusetts politician and former Speaker of the U.S. House Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill.

A decade ago, the Emmy Award-winning Flavin wrote the play, According To Tip, drawing on O’Neill’s own words, the remembrances of his colleagues, and Congressional records. Productions followed in 2008 at New Repertory Theatre and the Stuart Street Playhouse. Both runs starred Tony Award-winning actor Ken Howard as the charismatic Tip. The production received great reviews and picked up an IRNE Award as Best New Play of 2008.

CD Roundup

By Sean Smith
June 3, 2011
Sean Smith

Triptych, “Triptych” – There is something innately refreshing about Triptych, a trio with strong ties to Boston that has now released its long-awaited first CD. Whereas the trend in performing Irish/Celtic music is often “more is more,” Triptych opts for a stripped-down sound of fiddle, guitar, and percussive dance — or, if you will, fiddle, guitar and feet — casting the basic components of melody and rhythm into sharp relief.

Make No Mistake: Torture Degrades Everyone Involved

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
June 3, 2011

With the death of Osama bin Laden, the debate about “enhanced interrogation” techniques has heated up. I wonder whether the Gestapo referred to it as the German equivalent of enhanced interrogation when they tortured prisoners during World War II.

Certainly they were motivated by national security – a desire to uncover plots and save the lives of German troops and civilians – as are we. Yet the torturers of World War II, when they were identified, were tried as war criminals.

McAleese Hails ‘Renaissance Man’ Garret FitzGerald: Fine Gael Prime Minister dead at 85; Helped Set Stage for ‘98 Peace Accord

By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press
June 3, 2011
Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press

Garret FitzGerald: AP PhotoAP PhotoDUBLIN — Garret FitzGerald, a beloved figure who as Ireland’s prime minister in the 1980s was an early architect for peace in neighboring Northern Ireland, died on Thurs., May 19, in a Dublin hospital, the government and his family announced. He was 85.

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