Belfast Project update: Decision by US is next step

By Ed Forry
July 31, 2013

BC waits to see if US Justice Department decides to appeal
The long and winding road that has been the Belfast Project interviews case involving Boston College, an abduction-and murder probe by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), the US government, and the project director and his associates reached another crossroad at the end of last month as all parties awaited a decision by the US about a possible appeal of an adverse ruling to its case by the First Circuit Court of Appeals on May 31 of this year.

Waterville and its Golf Links: Fetching presence on the Ring of Kerry

By Ed Forry
July 3, 2013

BY TOM MULVOY
MANAGING EDITOR
WATERVILLE, Ireland – “The wind is coming from the north and east, and that’s pretty unusual for us at this time of year,” said the fellow next to me on the putting green at the Waterville Golf Links at the southwest edge of the Ring of Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. “It usually comes the other way,” he added as we both stood firm against winds steady at about 25 miles an hour with gusts reaching into the 40-mph range.

Fleadh achievers reflect on what they got out of it

By Sean Smith
July 3, 2013
Sean Smith

BY SEAN SMITH
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
For some Boston-area Irish musicians, early summer might be called Between-the-Fleadhs season. It’s the period following the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheoil – the annual regional Irish music competition, which this year took place May 10-12 in Parsippany, NJ – and the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, or “the All-Irelands” as it’s often called, the summit of Irish music competitions.

Lenahan O'Connell: A hundred years of grasping chances

By Peter Stevens
June 27, 2013
Peter Stevens

BY PETER F. STEVENS
BIR STAFF
On June 6, 2013, Lenahan O’Connell celebrated his 100th birthday. While a handful of people achieve that milestone, it is safe to bet that few do so with a life lived so large on every front. From family and the law to the very history and politics of Boston from the 20th to the 21st centuries, Lenahan, a rock-ribbed Boston Irish Democrat, has done it all, and has done so with a keen sense of justice, humor, hard work, and a commitment to people, whether his clients or those in society who need the most help.

‘Marching Season’ fears reflect ongoing tensions in the North

By Joe Leary
June 27, 2013
Joe Leary

BY JOE LEARY
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
The “Good Friday Agreement” of 1998 has made little difference in the lives of many in Northern Ireland – especially in the disadvantaged areas of both East and West Belfast. Where are the jobs that were promised? The integration? Why the sputtering violence?
Many in the outside world feel the problems of Northern Ireland have been solved, but those closer to the situation know there is deep unrest as both sides feel the threat of coming violence if people’s lives do not improve.

Cape Cod in summer: As green as the saltmarsh

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
June 27, 2013

BY GREG O’BRIEN
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
Sláinte! To your good health on Cape Cod, and there is plenty to chose from here, from the Gaelic to the seashore. Cape Cod is closer to Dublin than to Boston, so it should be no surprise that there’s an eclectic range of Irish pubs, restaurants, culture, and accommodations on this fragile spit of sand. The sons of Erin are in bloom from Bourne to Provincetown.

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