Import into Iphoto Over a NAS Drive

This has me stumped (but keep in mind I'm an absolute newbie at this).
I have two Macs set up in my house, a Pro (running aperture) and a Macbook Pro (running Iphoto) both of which are the latest versions. I am also running the latest version of Lion on both machines.
Both the Iphoto Library and Aperture Library are referenced wherein all the photo images (jpeg and RAW) are stored on a NAS drive communicating over the AFP protocol.
I have a Canon EOS Rebel t2i and an Olympus Tough both of which have Eye.fi SD Cards both eye.fi cards are scheduled to transfer jpeg and RAW photos onto my NAS Drive into the photos directory into a sub-folder created by the eye.fi program (by the way, I also tried this withoug sub-directories and the same problem persists).
I have no problem manually importing images into Aperture (I know of Aperture Hotfolder, but it's just slow), however I would like to automatically import any photos transferred onto my NAS drive directly into the referenced Iphoto Library on the MacBook Pro (this is my wife's computer and she has no interest in switching no Aperture).
I created a very simple 'Folder Action' on the MacBook Pro which looks at the photo directory on the NAS Drive and then set the folder action to 'Import into Iphoto'. I actually had this work. In fact it worked so well it would actually update and import images into Iphoto if I altered them in Photoshop. It was beautiful.
However, it no longer works (and it stopped working prior to the Lion installation) and if I really really really try to make it work (by literally deleting the folder action and re-creating it), it only works occassionally and with very mixed results.
So I guess the question is ultimately this: is there an apple script/hot folder action/automator action that will take any photo added to the Photos directory of my NAS Drive and then automatically import the photos into iPhoto?
Again, forgive my newbie ignorance, if you have any followup questions, I will happily respond to get this working all the time.

Pete:
a quick perl script is all that is needed.
That may do it but I'd have a backup of both your source files and the library just in case it doesn't go as intended.
One way you could start over with a new library and keep the keywords, comments and titles as well as the events would be to run iPhoto Library Manager on the library as described in Tutorial #1. Then delete the current referenced library, create a new manage one and import the source files. That will give you the keywords, titles, comments and an event for each folder of the source files.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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www.mrcodeboy.com/smith/Try.jpg
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