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John and Anne Lydon intend to bring a touch of Ireland’s West Coast to Dorchester’s most identifiably Irish business district by early next year. The couple, who own and manage the gateway commercial building at 512 Gallivan Blvd., are busy supervising the construction of a restaurant and pub inside a first-floor space.

Former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson (ASSOCATED PRESS) Civil rights attorneys and mental health advocates say a recent Superior Court decision allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office for its alleged failure to take reasonable steps to prevent a foreseeable inmate suicide should help make law enforcement entities more accountable for