Boston Irish Honors luncheon set for Oct. 25

By Ed Forry
October 9, 2013

The Boston Irish Reporter, the region’s leading chronicler of all things Irish-American, will host “Boston Irish Honors 2013” on Fri., Oct. 25, in the main ballroom of Boston’s Seaport Hotel. This fourth annual event will draw an appreciative audience of some 400 top Boston business and civic leaders and officials of Boston’s many Irish social and cultural organizations. The event committee chairman is Edmund Murphy, Managing Director, Putnam Investments.

An Irish anthem: Heigh ho! Come to the fair!

By Ed Forry
October 9, 2013

BY JUDY ENRIGHT
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
The Irish work very hard to make sure that their homeland is all things to all visitors. Festivals, sports, genealogy, art, music, theatre, and cultural events, available for all ages, can be found everywhere. There’s scarcely an activity you might enjoy that is not offered somewhere in Ireland.
COUNTRY FAIRS -As the weather cools and leaves change, the thoughts of many Irish turn to the country fairs that dot the island at this time of year.

US diplomacy returns to deal with new issues in the North

By Bill O'Donnell
October 9, 2013
Bill O'Donnell

US Envoy Seeks Solution In North – America’s diplomat of the newest Troubles, Richard Haass, has been in Belfast these days seeing if his presence can have a salutary effect on the troubled relationship between the nationalist and unionist communities in the North. The original, if unrealistic, timetable, called for some type of agreement by December but there is little to no chance of that happening.

The Boston Prelim Election: Where were all the voters?

By Bill Forry
October 9, 2013
Bill Forry

The first of two elections to choose the next mayor of Boston has come and gone. Two finalists have been chosen. It’ll be an exciting and informative six weeks until the Nov. 5 balloting.
A little more than 30 percent of Bostonians who are registered to vote in the city made their ways to the polls on Tuesday, a day that dawned with blue skies that persisted through a glorious, 60-degree mid-September day.

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