Lindsay Crouse is ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’

By R. J. Donovan
May 30, 2018
R. J. Donovan

BY R. J. DONOVAN
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
Lindsay Crouse comes from theatrical royalty. The Oscar-nominated actress and educator is the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Russel Crouse.
From 1935 to 1962, Mr. Crouse and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay, collaborated on such classic Broadway comedies and musicals as “Life With Father,” “The Sound of Music,” “State of the Union” and “Anything Goes.” Her name is a tribute to that iconic partnership.

All roads lead to Canton for Irish Festival

By Sean Smith
May 30, 2018
Sean Smith

BY SEAN SMITH
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
Irrepressible, nationally renowned Celtic rock band Gaelic Storm will return to the Boston Irish Festival when the annual event takes place June 2 and 3 at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England in Canton. Also headlining the festival are bluegrass-folk-Irish performers JigJam from Offaly and Galway traditional band BackWest.

DEMOCRACY IS DYING IN PLAIN SIGHT

By Peter F Stevens
May 30, 2018
Peter F Stevens

Irish-American sycophants in step with ‘The Man Who Would Be King’

BY PETER F. STEVENS
BIR STAFF
The stench of corruption has spread across the United States from Washington where The Potomac Swamp has swelled into President Trump’s Lagoon, and as our immoral, and amoral, Prevaricator-in-Chief continues to shred the Constitution, the free press, the courts, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the entire intelligence community, and democracy itself, Irish-American pols and advisors cravenly carry the president’s rancid water.

When they tried to fire the chaplain

By Ed Forry
May 30, 2018

BY JAMES W. DOLAN
SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER
The controversial firing and rehiring of the US House chaplain Father Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit priest, has generated much discussion over the last few weeks. Some members and commentators have questioned whether the House needs a chaplain. The controversy was due at least in part to a prayer Fr. Conroy delivered on the floor that was mildly critical of the recent tax bill in which, he said, tax policy should be fair and balanced and not favor the rich.

Squabbling over the Brexit process brews confusion, discontent in Britain and Ireland

By Joe Leary
May 30, 2018
Joe Leary

BY JOE LEARY
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
For most Americans, the British vote to leave the European Union is not a daily concern. Or even a concern at all. But the vote by British citizens to leave Europe is requiring complex new agreements between the leaders of both sides that are proving to be very difficult and may be impossible to fulfill. If the balloting were held today, there is little doubt that most British would vote to stay with Europe.

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