Public regains access to JFK State House statue

By Gintautas Dumcius, State House News Service
April 30, 2015
Gintautas Dumcius, State House News Service

The John F. Kennedy statue overlooking the State House lawn and Boston Common is againavailable for close-up viewing to the wider public.

The public will be able to view the statue of the former US president seasonally, through October, starting at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Department of Conservation and Recreation rangers will be available by the statue for security purposes. To visit the statue, members of the public will have to pass through security checks at the State House entrances by the Gen. Joseph Hooker statue and Ashburton Park.

 Irish Government Tightening Banking Rules

By Bill O'Donnell
April 30, 2015
Bill O'Donnell

 Irish Government Tightening Banking Rules – Ireland’s political leaders, like ours here in Congress, don’t agree too often, but there is a growing consensus on the isle that it no longer can be business as usual for Irish banks.  Enough time has passed since the biggest banks, with their destructive, madcap operating style, and developers and investors brought Ireland’s economy to its knees to make reform inevitable.

Let’s not quit on Boston 2024

By Jim Keefe
April 30, 2015
Jim Keefe

Frankly, I’m not surprised at the level of skepticism that has greeted the possibility of the Summer Olympics coming to Boston. That Yankee caution and resistance to all things new has permeated our culture for centuries. And while as a region we often take pride in our adherence to tradition, it has often held us back, and the friction that is mounting against the Olympics is a perfect example of this.

‘One of God’s Best Noble Men’

By Peter F. Stevens
April 30, 2015
Peter F. Stevens

If society truly measures people by both financial success and charitable works, Andrew Carney ranks as one of the greatest rag-to-riches stories in America’s annals.

Before there were “Horatio Alger” stories, there was Andrew Carney. Today, we have numerous politicians and corporate kings and queens who believe that charity does not begin at home or in the boardroom. Everyone is exactly where they deserve to be in life, some will say. No exceptions.

Why execute him and make this murderer a hero/martyr?

By Jam
April 30, 2015
Jam

Let’s refuse to be drawn into vengeance where only another death balances the scale

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is not repentant for the harm he has caused. He is not asking for mercy or forgiveness. He sees himself as a Muslim warrior fully justified in retaliating against America for thousands of innocent civilians who have suffered and died as collateral damage in a war against Islam.

It’s not easy to discern the impact on the North of the British election

By Joe Leary
April 30, 2015
Joe Leary

Every time the people of Northern Ireland vote, the political experts look for signs of change. Are those favoring a United Ireland gaining? Are the pro-London Unionist parties maintaining their lead?

It will be the same on Thurs., May 7, when the voters of Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland elect the 650 members of the new British Parliament. Only 18 members, less than 3 percent, will be elected from Northern Ireland but the results will be very interesting, not only for the Northern Irish but for the entire British nation.

Dropkick’s Casey in bid to buy Lower Mills Pub

By Bill Forry
April 30, 2015

A team of buyers that includes Dropkick Murphy’s front-man Ken Casey plans to buy the Lower Mills Pub this month in a long-rumored deal that would bring new ownership— and likely, a kitchen and new look— to one of Dorchester Avenue’s last remaining old-school barrooms.

The pub, one of the few in the neighborhood that features live music, will be renovated this summer after Casey and his key partner— Brian O’Donnell of Milton— close on the sale.

Irish groups meet, plan joint Facebook page

By BIR News Room
April 30, 2015

Members of Irish organizations across New England at the Consulate in Boston. Photo courtesy Connell GallagherMembers of Irish organizations across New England at the Consulate in Boston. Photo courtesy Connell Gallagher

Boston’s Irish Consulate hosted a meeting last month in its offices at 535 Boylston Street with an agenda to establish new and deeper links among the many Irish organizations across the six New England states.

One result was that meeting participants agreed to establish a “Deep Green” private Facebook page, monitored by the Consulate, to help coordinate event plans for the Irish groups.

‘Belpot’ games set for Belfast this Thanksgiving weekend

By BIR News Room
April 30, 2015

College Hockey Tourney modeled on Boston's Beanpot
On Thanksgiving weekend 2015, hockey teams from Brown, Colgate, Northeastern and UMass-Lowell will travel to Belfast for a major international hockey exchange that will include several educational and sporting events hosted by the visiting college students and the Belfast Giants hockey team. Mayor Martin Walsh announced the news on April 10 as part of his first sister city Boston-Belfast partnership event.

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