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
Irish Dancer Kieran Jordan
Bridget Shaheen, Lazarus House Ministries (Dave Burke Memorial Award)
Robert Sheridan, President Savings Bank Life Insurance
Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO Hibernia Atlantic
John Drew, President World Trade Center, Boston
William J. Reilly, Jr., Irish American Partnership

Seats for the luncheon are still available. Call 617-436-1222 for
details.