Charitable Irish Society honors three with Silver Key Awards

By Ed Forry
November 28, 2017

The Charitable Irish Society, the oldest Irish society in the Americas, hosted its 19th Silver Key Awards Reception on Dec. 6, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston’s Copley Square.
Irish Hearts organizer Winnie Henry, Irish International Immigrant Center director Ronnie Millar, and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh were awarded the Society’s Silver Keys in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Irish community.

Lynch feted at record-breaking Ireland Fund gala

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November 28, 2017

More than 1,000 guests gathered on Thursday, November 16 for The Ireland Fund’s 36th annual Boston Gala at the Westin Boston Waterfront.
A record-breaking $2.6 million, the largest amount ever achieved at the Boston Gala, was raised to support non-profit organizations across the island of Ireland and around the world.
The 2017 Boston Gala was co-chaired by David Greaney, president and CEO of Synergy Investments and Robert E. Griffin, U.S. Head of Capital Markets and President of The New England Area at Newmark Knight Frank.

Tánaiste Fitzgerald resigns amid Garda query scandal

By Ed Forry
November 28, 2017

Ireland’s deputy prime minister— or Tánaiste— Frances Fitzgerald resigned her position on Nov. 28 rather than risk a vote of no confidence and the potential of new elections in the wake of a brewing controversy.
Fitzgerald, who represents Dublin Mid-West in the Dail, came under fire after news reports showed that she had been alerted to “whistleblower” allegations of alleged corruption within the Garda in July 2015, but took no action. She will also resign from her role as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.

Recalling our Yuletide treks to Granny’s house

By Tom Mulvoy, Managing Editor
November 28, 2017
Tom Mulvoy, Managing Editor

It’s hard to tell exactly why my memory drifts into overdrive at Christmastime, but I suspect that it’s due to a yearning for the emotional warmth that enveloped me and my family and all its extensions at the year-end holidays during World War II and the 15 years or so that followed.
My mother and father kicked off the baby parade in August 1941 when my brother Mark was born, and the march rolled on until the last of a troupe of 48 first cousins (two of whom died at young ages) crossed the finish line two decades later.

Trump is putting us in reverse gear

By James Dolan, Special to the BIR
November 28, 2017
James Dolan, Special to the BIR

It’s all about winning. President Trump sees the world divided between winners and losers. He’s the winner-in-chief and opponents are losers incapable of recognizing his unique skills or displaying the deference to which he is entitled. He views himself more as a king than as a public servant. He sees former President Obama as an adversary. Having failed to disqualify his predecessor by challenging his citizenship, he has chosen to undo his accomplishments.

Ireland’s best pubs, restaurants take star turns

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
November 28, 2017

The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) is a philanthropic organization on Merrion Road, located just a few blocks from the American Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Established in 1731 as “the Dublin Society” with a mission to support cultural and economic affairs in the country, the society is housed on 40 acres, with a 7,000 seat arena, meeting rooms, bars and restaurants and an exhibition hall that is a major venue for concerts and other events.

The Boston Irish Honors 2017 Exemplary Boston Irish Journalist: Kevin Cullen

By Kevin Cullen
November 1, 2017
Kevin Cullen

Editor’s note: When Boston Irish Reporter publisher Ed Forry approached Kevin Cullen about accepting a Boston Irish Honors award for his exemplary career in journalism, Kevin told Ed that he would “jot down a few words” of background information on his life and times. Those “few words” follow:

I was born in the old Richardson House, which was then part of the Boston Lying-In Hospital that later merged with Brigham and Women’s Hospital. My mother was from South Boston and my father was from Malden, where my family settled and where I grew up.

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