Eight persons will be honored on Thursday, Oct 8, 2009, at the second
annual Golden Bridges Awards at the Seaport Hotel/Boston World Trade
Centre. The Awards are being hosted jointly by the Irish Echo
(www.irishecho.com) and the Boston Irish Reporter
(www.bostonirish.com) and will take place during the Gateways to
Tomorrow conference, building bridges between Boston and northwest
Ireland, at the same venue on 7-8 October.
The honorees are:
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Timothy Murray, Chief Honoree
and Guest Speaker
State Senate President Therese Murray
Michael Lonergan, Ireland's new Consul General to Boston, began his tenure here in a way none of his predecessors in the post had experienced. In an interview at the Consulate, he sat down with the BIR to talk about his memorable first days on the job, his first impressions of his new post, and his goals in the months to come.
Irish citizens faced a critical choice early this month and they bolstered the country's status in the European Union with a resounding vote in favor of accepting the "Lisbon Treaty" amendments to the European Union Charter just 16 months after rejecting the proposition and putting that status in peril.
By BostonIrish.com... (not verified) October 1, 2009
I cannot understand the so-called "Christian Right." They profess to be Christians but their political philosophy strikes me as decidedly non-Christian.
What is so Christ-like about the distorted, hateful campaign they continue to wage not just against President Obama's policies but also against his legitimacy? I believe Christ stood for truth and understanding.
It wasn't supposed to happen. It was by accident, or maybe providence. Truth be told, I never liked children all that much. Or, more to the point, they never liked me. But it all started with something I like enormously: a holiday.
Former President Mary Robinson didn't miss and hit the wall last month when she decried "an absence of vision" in Irish government circles as the state grapples with the economic recession. Perhaps because her comments were made at the Béal na mBláth commemoration in honour of Michael Collins, they went largely unheeded by the powers-that-be. Nowhere is that clearer than at this week's gathering of the Irish diaspora in Dublin for the Global Irish Economic Forum.
A Sept. 11 Concert at Boston's Historic Wilbur Theater is being
planned to mark the anniversary of terror attacks. "A Celtic
Crossing" will present a musical 9/11 concert , with proceeds going
to benefit Cops for Kids with Cancer. Headlining and hosting this
event will be Pauline Wells of Milton. A Sergeant Detective in the
Cambridge Police Department, she began singing in Ireland in 2000
while on a trip with the Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and
Drums, and has performed numerous benefit concerts over the years.
The college was founded 130 years ago and over the years has nurtured young male students, many of whom have made their mark in Ireland and beyond. In 1947 a new and revolutionary education law was introduced that allowed for the first time students from working class families to attend grammar schools in Northern Ireland.
A new documentary that will be aired on September 21 tells the story of eight of those former St. Columb's college boys who took advantage of the 1947 law and went on to distinguished careers.