SEAPORT — From the Boston Irish Reporter: “A couple who have spent decades helping Boston kids stay safe and achieve their dreams; a Catholic priest who ministers to the city’s most vulnerable; and a pioneering physician with roots in Dublin [are] the honorees at this month’s Boston Irish Honors luncheon, the season’s premier celebration of Irish-American achievement in Massachusetts.”

The ninth annual luncheon, which serves as an anniversary celebration for the Boston Irish Reporter, was held at the Seaport Boston Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 18. Some 400 top Boston business, civic, and political leaders will be on hand for the event.

The event emcee was Dick Flavin as the following were honored: Bob Scannell and Mary (Kinsella) Scannell, Rev. Richard “Doc” Conway, and Dr. Trevor McGill.

To read more in the Boston Irish Reporter, click here.

All photos by Bill Brett