Cork singer-songwriter Clare O’Riordan in Falmouth benefit Sept 12

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
September 4, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

Belonging to Each Other, a Falmouth non-profit that helps provide housing, food and other needed services to homeless people, will hold its third annual benefit gala on September 12 at St. Barnabas Church in Falmouth, featuring a performance by Cork singer-songwriter Clare O’Riordan.

10th Annual Boston Irish Honors Luncheon set for October 18, 2019

By BIR Newsroom
August 7, 2019
BIR Newsroom

Recognition of exemplary Boston Irish people & families

Marking a special anniversary of this celebratory luncheon, Boston Irish Honors is a recognition of exemplary individuals and their families who share our heritage in Boston and Ireland. Our mission is to tell the stories and special achievements of Boston individuals and families who exemplify the very best of our Irish values, legacies and traditions.We are pleased to announce that the 2019 honorees are:

Message to Boris: US-UK trade deal hinges on ‘backstop’ call

By Francis Costello
August 1, 2019
Francis Costello

BY FRANCIS COSTELLO
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
“Don’t even think about it” is the message US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered with special emphasis during her recent visits to London and Dublin. The words were a strong caution to any UK government seeking a special US-UK trade deal without the inclusion of the Northern Ireland “backstop” to prevent the re-instatement of a hard border between the North and South of Ireland when Britain exist the European Union.

Stoughton’s Tanya Stanley is NE region’s candidate in Rose of Tralee Festival

By BIR Newsroom
August 1, 2019
BIR Newsroom

A Stoughton woman will represent Boston and New England this month at the international Rose of Tralee Festival in Co Kerry, Ireland. Tanya Stanley was named to represent the six-state New England region at a May 27 competition at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England.

DA Rollins to discuss her views on criminal justice in Ireland in September

By BIR Newsroom
August 1, 2019
BIR Newsroom

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins will visit Ireland in September to join a panel at a three-day program in Co Wexford, the BIR has been told.
Boston-born Larry Donnelly, a law lecturer at UC Galway, and Dr. Robert M. Mauro of Boston College, co-directors of the Kennedy Summer School 2019 in New Ross, Co Wexford, announced that Rollins will be among more than 50 speakers invited to the program, described as “A festival of Irish-American history, culture and politics,” set for September 5- 7 in New Ross, the ancestral town of the Kennedy clan.

Ex-Sox CEO Harrington named to Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame

By BIR Newsroom
August 1, 2019
BIR Newsroom

In a ceremony in late June, the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2019, which includes two-time NL MVP Dale Murphy, Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker, former Boston Red Sox CEO John Harrington, John Fitzgerald, a founder of The Baseball United Foundation, and Danny O’Connell, who scored the first-ever West Coast run in major league baseball history.

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