Susan Zalkind

2 weeks ago | bostonmagazine.com | Susan Zalkind

The night’s humiliation came with a shopping list. Last July, the newly minted sophomore brothers of Dartmouth College’s Beta Alpha Omega fraternity watched their phones light up in unison with instructions from the Alpha Phi sorority sisters, kicking off what students here call reverse hazing—a ritual where the women become the taskmasters lording over submissive fraternity brothers. “DISCIPLINARY ACTION REQUIRED. okay so basically, YOUR GETTING PHUCKED TONIGHT,” the message read.

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

The case against a man charged with killing a Dublin carpenter in a one-punch attack in Boston has been declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Barry Whelan (46) was found lying on the street in downtown Boston on St Patrick’s Day in 2023. He was taken to hospital where he was treated for a skull fracture and brain haemorrhaging. He died three days later, on March 20th.

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

The fate of a man charged with fatally striking a Dublin carpenter on St Patrick’s Day, 2023 rests in the hands of a Boston jury. Lawyers delivered closing arguments in Suffolk Superior Courthouse on Thursday. The cases hinges on whether a racial epithet was used and if the force of the blow or the victim’s intoxication led to the fatality. Barry Whelan (46) was found laying on his back in downtown Boston on March 17th, 2023.

2 months ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

A Dublin carpenter died after he was fatally struck during a St Patrick’s Day 2023 altercation, during which a racial epithet was used, a Boston court was told. Attorneys in the Suffolk Superior courthouse presented opening statements on Thursday in the trial of a local security guard for his manslaughter. Barry Whelan (46) was found lying on his back in downtown Boston on March 17th, 2023, and was taken to Tufts Medical Center.

Dec 17, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

Prosecutors in the case against the Dublin firefighter accused of rape in Boston, Massachusetts over St Patrick’s Day weekend will be calling additional witnesses from Ireland to testify. Terence Crosbie (37) flew into Boston on Thursday March 14th with a group of associates from the Dublin Fire Brigade to march in the St Patrick’s Day celebrations that Sunday. Mr Crosbie is charged with raping a 28-year-old woman in the early hours of Friday morning in a hotel room he shared with a colleague.