For Gerry Adams, It Was a Year of Trials at Work and at Home
Robert P. ConnollyFirst came the startling news that the republican leader's brother, Liam Adams, was on the run, charged with having sexually abused his daughter for an eight-year period that began...
View ArticleMurphy, a Mover on the Boston City Council, Takes Stock of Voter Anger in...
Greg O'BrienThe view is serene from Stephen John Murphy's office on the fifth floor of Boston City Hall. It overlooks Faneuil Hall and a swath of Boston Harbor in the distance on this promising late...
View ArticleClimate Change in Scott Brown's Massachusetts
Jim O'SullivanThe Jan. 19 election to succeed Paul Kirk - and Ted Kennedy - in the United States Senate was supposed to be the tripwire. The vote that launched a thousand domino campaigns, Democrats...
View ArticleOfficials See North's Policing Accord As Signaling End to 'Troubles' Era
Robert P. ConnollyNorthern Ireland's Troubles began with its police force front and center and in a very real sense may have ended with a grand compromise on the vexing question of where the ultimate...
View ArticleSDLP Elects Margaret Ritchie as 'Leader' - First Woman to Head Major Party in...
Joe LearyIn a close election last month, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) of Northern Ireland elected Minister Margaret Ritchie, 51, as its "leader" to guide the party into the second...
View ArticleBritish Elections Loom Crucial to Peace in Northern Ireland
Joe LearyThe results of the upcoming British Parliamentary elections will have a profound effect upon peace and understanding amongst the conflicted people of Northern Ireland. The people of the United...
View ArticleRob O'Leary, State Senator for Cape and Islands, Looks to Congress With an...
Greg O'BrienGiving new definition to irony, Rob O'Leary's academic pedigree in the spirited arena of Boston politics reads like one from central casting: Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire; The...
View ArticleIs Sinn Fein's Abstention Policy Dying?
Bill O'DonnellMaybe it's because Gerry Adams has had some recent personal setbacks along with his party's electoral hopes, but the call for the voice of the Provos to end their parliamentary abstention...
View ArticleRecognizing Our Faults, Our Flaws
Institutions perform poorly because they are composed of human beings. That observation should not come as a surprise to anyone older than 30; yet we are frequently shocked when it happens.Tags: politics
View ArticleJuly Still Means Troubles in Belfast
Joe LearyThe July parades in Northern Ireland celebrate a Protestant military victory over a Catholic army at the Battle of the Boyne in the Republic of Ireland over 300 years ago. The marches are an...
View ArticlePhil Johnston, Lifelong Democratic Stalwart, Has Three Passions: Politics,...
Greg O'BrienPhilip W. Johnston, a former chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, always knew how to spot a winner.Tags: politicsMassachusetts
View ArticleReduced Corporate Taxes May Help in the North's Struggle With Finances
Joe LearyLike most of the world today, Northern Ireland is facing an uncertain financial future. But unlike most countries, it is an unsettled society, just emerging from 40 traumatic years of tragedy...
View ArticleHarsh financial measures are succeeding in Ireland
Joe LearyEuropean and American business leaders are praising Ireland's government for setting a courageous course to return the Irish economy to financial prosperity in the years ahead. A balanced mix...
View ArticleIrish Look Into Facebook Complaints
Bill O'DonnellThe popular social network Facebook has 600 million users across Europe but that hasn't stopped an Irish agency from auditing the internet phenomenon. The Irish Data Protection Commission...
View ArticleA little piece of Doyle’s emerges again in West Roxbury Irish Social Club
Maureen Forry-SorrellThe shuttering of historical mainstay pub and restaurant Doyle’s in at Forest Hills was a tough pill for many Bostonians to swallow. The setting for many an election victory party...
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