Kenny re-assures Boston: The Irish know about adversity, and we’ll beat this crisis, too

By Ed Forry
March 5, 2012

By Ed Forry
BIR Publisher
Ireland held a national election last March that changed the face of government. Amidst every indication that the boom years of the “Celtic Tiger” had long since passed, the worldwide economic meltdown struck Ireland with catastrophic consequences.

BC fights judge’s call for more Belfast tapes

By Bill Forry
March 5, 2012

By Bill Forry
Managing Editor
Boston College has appealed a US District Court judge’s order to turn over seven additional tapes from their Belfast Project archives to British authorities, opening up a new front in a complex, year-long battle to preserve the university’s pledge to keep the controversial records of IRA and Loyalists interview subjects secured — to the extent of US law— until the deaths of individual participants. The latest appeal, which will likely be heard in June, marks what could be a climactic turn in the legal struggle.

Civil Liberties Union plans to support BC archivists in brief

By Staff
February 23, 2012

By Melissa Tabeek
Special to the Reporter
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts filed a motion last week requesting an extension of time in order to prepare an amicus brief in support of two former researchers for Boston College embroiled in an ongoing fight to keep historical records involving the conflict in Northern Ireland from being released to the British government.

UPDATED- BC files appeal in Belfast Oral History Case

By Staff
February 21, 2012

STATEMENT FROM BOSTON COLLEGE REGARDING TODAY’S APPEAL OF THE BELFAST PROJECT SUBPOENA
"Boston College today filed an appeal of the District Court's most recent decision (issued January 20, 2012) requiring the University to turn over all or parts of the interviews of seven individuals who took part in The Belfast Project, an oral history project on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Weep not, Pats fans, you were in it at the end

By Staff
February 10, 2012

By Clark Booth
Maybe it should be arranged that for the foreseeable future – until at least either Tom Coughlin or Bill Belichick pack it in or Eli Manning and Tom Brady wander off to their ultimate reward in Canton, Ohio – we might have annual renewals of this thing the Patriots and Giants have lately concocted for our deep winter amusement. I say these two need to go at it, hammer and tong, again and again at the end of every season until one of them has won four out of seven.

Why I rent the same house each year in magical Rosturk Woods

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
February 9, 2012

By Judy Enright, Special to the BIR
Each traveler has definite likes and dislikes about what makes a trip special. Some are bound by time constraints and can only get away from their “real” lives for a short time; others enjoy spending more time to see as much of a destination as possible.
With this in mind, I wanted to share how much I love renting a house in Ireland and why.

Fiddler Conway learned his music ‘pure’ – Sligo style

By Sean Smith
February 2, 2012

Sean Smith

Brian Conway makes no bones about it: He understands that his particular tutelage in the Irish music tradition was a profoundly rare thing, and he feels very fortunate as a result.
“I think that, in my upbringing, I definitely got the music pure,” says Conway, who will bring his widely admired fiddle-playing talents to the Boston area later this month.

Conner’s passions: Perform, preserve Great American Music

By by R.J.Donovan
February 2, 2012

by R.J.Donovan

Baritone, pianist, and conductor Bradford Conner is on a mission. He sincerely hopes you’ll love great American music as much as he does. One conversation proves he has a devotion and an insight for it that few others possess.
Classically trained, Brad and partner Benjamin Sears have become the “go-to” guys in terms of impeccable musical research. Together they helped found the critically acclaimed American Classics, “devoted solely to the performance of American music, giving voice to forgotten gems and newly discovered musical treasures.”

Irish educators discuss woes with Boston officials

By Staff
February 2, 2012

BY GINTAUTAS DUMCIUS
REPORTER STAFF
Boston Public School administrators met earlier this month with a group of Irish education officials who quizzed their American counterparts about such things as closing buildings and dealing with vacant seats in Irish classrooms -- about 80,000 of them.

Kerry seeks halt to BC archive interviews probe

By Ed Forry
February 2, 2012

by Bill Forry and Melissa Tabeek
The British government’s controversial attempt to seize records from a Boston College oral history collection related to the conflict in Northern Ireland scored another court victory on Tues., Jan. 24, when federal Judge William Young dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block the records’ release.

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