Teen arraigned in Conneely murder

By Ed Forry
February 2, 2012

by MELISSA TABEEK
A Boston teenager was arraigned on Jan. 16 in a Suffolk Superior courtroom for the murder last October of an Adams Corner Irish immigrant man and a subsequent double-shooting nearby that left another man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. John Graham, 17, pled not guilty to all nine charges— including first-degree murder in the Oct. 10 shooting death of 36-year-old Ciaran Conneely— and will likely stand trial for the crimes sometime next year.

Dublin tot, family find hope at Boston hospital

By Ed Forry
February 2, 2012

by PAT TARANTINO
After nearly a year-and-a-half spent in hospitals, operating rooms, and recovery units, a Dublin family’s lengthy struggle to secure a healthy future for their ailing daughter may finally come to a happy end here in Boston.

Fourteen-month-old Elie Madden was born weighing less than four pounds and suffering from esophageal atresia – a rare disorder in which her esophagus is too short to reach her stomach – and has spent much of her young life dependent on machinery to keep her fed and breathing.

February's BIR People- News and Notes about Boston's Irish

By Ed Forry
February 2, 2012

R.I.P. Kevin White: Mayor of many moods
BY BIR STAFF
Kevin Hagan White, a lineal descendant of the politically active Irish families who, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, wrested control of the city of Boston from the direct descendants of the settler Puritans of the 17th century, was a man of many personas – ebullient, moody, haughty, energetic, fretful, intellectual, daring, to name a few ascribed to him during his often-tumultuous mayoral occupancy of Boston City Hall from 1968 through 1983.

Speaking of bargains for tourists, Ireland is hard to beat right now

By Joe Leary, Special to the BIR
February 2, 2012
Joe Leary, Special to the BIR

Joe Byrne, Tourism Ireland’s New York-based executive vice president for North America, is typical of the hard-working Irish men and women who are sent to the United States to represent their country. Enthusiastic, loyal, focused, and extremely bright, his friendly outgoing personality belies a tough, single-minded dedication to improving Ireland’s annual visitor count – in the North and in the South – from the United States and Canada.

That voice you hear is probably Mike McNally’s

By Greg O'Brien
February 2, 2012
Greg O'Brien

Ask Francis Michael McNally for a resume, and he tosses out a self-effacing one-pager that reads like a photo caption and doesn’t even begin to tell the story of this man of many voices. His education essentials are to the point: bachelor of science in finance from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management; master’s in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University’s College of Communications; participation in BC’s doctoral program in Educational Administration.

Letting the younger set know the feeling when a house party turns into a session

By Sean Smith
January 17, 2012
Sean Smith

BY SEAN SMITH
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
It seemed like most any typical all-ages holiday gathering, and in many ways, it was.
A Christmas tree stood in the corner of the living room, right by the entry to the dining room. Christmas decorations graced the fireplace mantel and other parts of the house, and an assortment of various treats, including Christmas cookies, was laid out on the dining room table.

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