Green Dragon Finishes Fifth in Volvo Ocean Race

By Ed Forry
July 13, 2009

The Ireland-backed boat, the Green Dragon skippered by Skipper Ian
Walker, crossed the finish line in St Petersburg last month in 5th
place overall, after 37,000 miles, 11 ports, 10 countries and 5
continents. The boat's crew finished off with a welcome back
reception in Dublin on Saturday, July 11, the Green Dragon will sail
to Cork and then to Galway where she will be put on display. The
boat's crew made many friends in Boston during the race's two week
stopover at Fan Pier in May. The Green Dragon was sponsored in part

Irish Navy Flagship LÉ Eithne in 3rd Boston Visit

By Ed Forry
July 9, 2009

LE Eithne: Visiting Boston nowLE Eithne: Visiting Boston nowWith the Tall Ships in Boston Harbor this month, among the visiting ships is the Ireland Naval Service patrol ship LÉ Eithne, the flagship of Ireland’s navy.
It's the third visit to our town for the ship, which was here in 1986 and again in 2000. This year, during the Sail Boston festivities July 8-13, she is berthed at Pier 4 at the Charlestown Navy Yard. While in town, the ship will be open to the public. For more details on the festivities, visit www.sailboston.com

Note to Travelers to Ireland: Look No Farther, The Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore Has It All

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

You can probably imagine that, over my years as a travel writer, I have had the opportunity to stay at countless lovely Irish inns, hotels, and manor houses.

Many of these properties have every amenity you could ever want from a place where you really only hang your hat for a night or two. Despite my acquaintance with so many wonderful accommodations, I stayed this spring at a hotel in Ardmore, Co. Waterford, that beats them all by a country mile.

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Loyalists Finally Begin Disarming

By Staff
July 1, 2009

After months of delays and outright resistance to pleas from the British government, two of the more notorious loyalist paramilitary groups have finally begun decommissioning their weapons. The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defense Association (UDA) have been threatened with a variety of sanctions by London but many members of the outlawed groups pointed to the resurgent threat and attacks by breakaway republicans as a rationale for holding on to their arms. That impasse has apparently been resolved, or at least eased.

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Score It a Big Week for the Bully Pulpit

By Jim O'Sullivan
July 1, 2009
Jim O'Sullivan

By Thursday afternoon, June 25, the capitol had grown weary of waiting for Gov. Deval Patrick to pass judgment on bills on his desk re-wiring the transportation bureaucracy, tightening ethics laws, and escalating the state sales tax by 25 percent.

Senate President Therese Murray, the governor's foil for months, professed to "have no idea" what Patrick would decree at his early-evening press conference. Months of wrangling and suspense, boiled down to an extra humid day in June.

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'Hope' is Scarce in Ireland, But New Lisbon Treaty May Help Some

By Joe Leary
July 1, 2009
Joe Leary

As Ireland sinks deeper into the agonies of depression, Fianna Fail government leaders are working desperately to correct the problems caused by, "the most overheated of all advanced economies," according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report issued in late June.

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