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O'Toole Honored by Éire Society

By Irish America Staff
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Three hundred guests attended the Éire Society of Boston’s dinner at which Kathleen M. O’Toole, former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and former Boston Police Commissioner, was recognized as the 2019 Gold Medal award recipient. The award was presented at the Gold Medal dinner and awards ceremony, which took place on Saturday evening, April 27, 2019 at the Seaport … [Read more...] about O'Toole Honored by Éire Society

O’Toole Honored by Éire Society

By Irish America Staff
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Three hundred guests attended the Éire Society of Boston’s dinner at which Kathleen M. O’Toole, former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and former Boston Police Commissioner, was recognized as the 2019 Gold Medal award recipient. The award was presented at the Gold Medal dinner and awards ceremony, which took place on Saturday evening, April 27, 2019 at the Seaport … [Read more...] about O’Toole Honored by Éire Society

The Cop and the Jailer

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Two Dubliners at the Milosevic Trial. ℘℘℘ When Slobodan Milosevic was escorted into the War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague last February it seemed the world was waiting. TV satellite vans were lined bumper-to-bumper with hundreds of reporters and photographers jousting for position. Milosevic being the first head of state to be indicted as a war criminal while in office, the … [Read more...] about The Cop and the Jailer

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