The Globe's Shaughnessy on Being a Lightning Rod: 'I Love My Job, and I'm Not in a Rush to Stop Doing It'

By Greg O'Brien
October 9, 2009
Greg O'Brien

In a perfect world, one might assume that when he was growing up, the celebrated Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy played catch with his dad every summer day and went to Fenway Park so often that the crease in his pants ran sideways. But Shaughnessy does not live in a perfect world, and never did, in spite of a career and celebrity for which many of us, in a weedy moment, might consider a Faustian pact.

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Irish Golden Bridges Luncheon is Thursday, Oct 8, 2009

By Ed Forry
October 5, 2009

Eight persons will be honored on Thursday, Oct 8, 2009, at the second
annual Golden Bridges Awards at the Seaport Hotel/Boston World Trade
Centre. The Awards are being hosted jointly by the Irish Echo
(www.irishecho.com) and the Boston Irish Reporter
(www.bostonirish.com) and will take place during the Gateways to
Tomorrow conference, building bridges between Boston and northwest
Ireland, at the same venue on 7-8 October.
The honorees are:
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Timothy Murray, Chief Honoree
and Guest Speaker
State Senate President Therese Murray

New Irish Consul General Michael Lonergan's Arrival Proved Memorable from Day One

By Peter F. Stevens
October 1, 2009
Peter F. Stevens

Michael Lonergan, Ireland's new Consul General to Boston, began his tenure here in a way none of his predecessors in the post had experienced. In an interview at the Consulate, he sat down with the BIR to talk about his memorable first days on the job, his first impressions of his new post, and his goals in the months to come.

BIR: Your arrival in Boston was unforgettable.

'Yes' Vote on Lisbon Treaty Retains Ireland's Status in European Union

By Joe Leary
October 1, 2009
Joe Leary

Irish citizens faced a critical choice early this month and they bolstered the country's status in the European Union with a resounding vote in favor of accepting the "Lisbon Treaty" amendments to the European Union Charter just 16 months after rejecting the proposition and putting that status in peril.

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Right is Wrong

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
October 1, 2009

I cannot understand the so-called "Christian Right." They profess to be Christians but their political philosophy strikes me as decidedly non-Christian.

What is so Christ-like about the distorted, hateful campaign they continue to wage not just against President Obama's policies but also against his legitimacy? I believe Christ stood for truth and understanding.

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A blind eye and some tit-for-tat isn't going to help Irish economy

By Ed Forry
September 15, 2009

By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

Former President Mary Robinson didn't miss and hit the wall last month when she decried "an absence of vision" in Irish government circles as the state grapples with the economic recession. Perhaps because her comments were made at the Béal na mBláth commemoration in honour of Michael Collins, they went largely unheeded by the powers-that-be. Nowhere is that clearer than at this week's gathering of the Irish diaspora in Dublin for the Global Irish Economic Forum.

Pauline Wells Headlines Sept. 11 Benefit Concert at Boston's Wilbur Theatre

By Ed Forry
September 2, 2009

A Sept. 11 Concert at Boston's Historic Wilbur Theater is being
planned to mark the anniversary of terror attacks. "A Celtic
Crossing" will present a musical 9/11 concert , with proceeds going
to benefit Cops for Kids with Cancer. Headlining and hosting this
event will be Pauline Wells of Milton. A Sergeant Detective in the
Cambridge Police Department, she began singing in Ireland in 2000
while on a trip with the Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and
Drums, and has performed numerous benefit concerts over the years.

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