USA Graduate Program Has Irish Links

By Sue Asci
January 2, 2010
Sue Asci

An innovative program to encourage students to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM fields) is attracting thousands of students to Syracuse, N.Y.

USAGraduate is a 10-week interactive internet-based quiz program that offers students in grades 6 through 12 an opportunity to study STEM topics and compete for prizes such as iPods and laptop computers.

Success Follows Hard Work and Then Some for Tom 'Red' Martin, BC Hockey Legend

By Greg O'Brien
January 2, 2010
Greg O'Brien

Tom Martin took to ice as a young boy as cod take to the sea. It was his lifeblood. In high school, he used to run to his Cambridge home backwards from Harvard Square, practicing the art of a pivot so he could perform the difficult maneuver without hesitation on ice.

"I was just a dog," he says of his workouts that led to star status in hockey at Boston College and on the 1964 US Olympic Team at Innsbruck.

Saville Report Delay Unconscionable

By Bill O'Donnell
December 5, 2009
Bill O'Donnell

This new year, 2010, will be the 12th anniversary of the start of the Saville Inquiry into the January 1972 massacre, Bloody Sunday, when 13 unarmed Derry citizens were shot to death by British paratroopers on the streets where they lived. A fourteenth would die later of his wounds. No one has ever been charged, no one has been adjudged guilty, and the fact that it has taken a dozen years - with the end not yet in sight - to try to clean up his Lordship Widgery's disgraceful whitewash should be an acute embarrassment to the British legal establishment.

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BCMFest: One month to go

By Sean Smith
December 5, 2009
Sean Smith

One month to go - Just a few more weeks to go before the 7th annual BCMFest on January 8 and 9, including performances by The Makem and Spain Brothers; Tina Lech and Ted Davis; David O'Docherty; The Gobshites; Liam Hart; Sean and John Connor; Tri; Colm O'Brien; Flynn Cohen and John McGann; Calum Pasqua and Susie Petrov; Kate Chadbourne; Nancy Mulrey; Michael O'Leary; Laurel Martin, Kieran Jordan and David Surette; Bento Boxty; Gordon Aucoin and Lloyd Carr; Cedar Stanistreet and Max Newman; plus a family-oriented musical story, "The Fiddler's Wish," and a special one-of-its-kind ensemble th

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A Conversation in the Oval Office

By irishadmin
December 5, 2009

Senator John McCain and President Barack Obama are meeting in the Oval Office. Let's listen in on the conversation:

McCain: "You can't be serious about pulling out of Afghanistan and Iraq, Mr. President."

Obama: "Oh, but I am, John. I was elected to take this country in a new direction and that's what I'm going to do. These wars have been an enormous drain on this nation with little to show for it - only more blood and money with no end in sight and no assurance of success."

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Happy Coupling in Liscaroll, Co. Cork: The Donkey Sanctuary and the Christmas Spirit

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
December 5, 2009

At Christmastime, as the creche is unpacked and set up on the mantelpiece, I pause when I take out the old gray donkey and think about the wonderful work done by Paddy Barrett and his dedicated and caring staff at The Donkey Sanctuary in Liscarroll, Mallow, Co. Cork.

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'Hand' of Fate Ends Ireland's World Cup Hopes FIFA Allows Controversial Goal; French Say 'Non' to a Replay

By Ken Carty
December 5, 2009
Ken Carty

Paris is known for many things - wonderful walks along the Seine, breathtaking views from the Eiffel Tower, and relaxing afternoons in the city's innumerable cafes.

But for Irish soccer fans, none of that matters. Liberté, égalité and fraternité? Forget about it.

Paris is no different now than such non-descript locations as Orlando, Skopje, or Nicosia - all places were Ireland's previous football campaigns came to bitter ends.

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Paddy Swanson, Guiding the Christmas Revels

By R. J. Donovan
December 5, 2009
R. J. Donovan

"Christmas Revels," one of Boston's most beloved holiday traditions, returns for its 39th season on December 11.  Celebrating the winter solstice, "Revels" includes holiday carols, dancing, storytelling, folk songs, and the production's signature piece, "Lord of the Dance," which ends with the audience dancing in unison out into the lobby of the theater. (For those few among the uninitiated, the hallmark of "Revels" is audience participation.)

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