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Day: March 26, 2018

Obituary

March 26, 2018 heaneymedia

Edward Fitzsimons Snooker club owner Born in Dumbarton on May 8, 1942. Died in Balloch, Loch Lomond, on March 11, 2018 Edward Fitzsimons, right, who

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Down Memory Lane

March 26, 2018 heaneymedia

Here are a few pictures of St Michael’s Boys Guild and St Patrick’s High School. There are lots of well known faces. Have some fun

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Trade unions

March 26, 2018 heaneymedia

Trade union conveners slated by council leader Trade union members at a previous meeting in the council chamber at Garshake. By BILL HEANEY West Dunbartonshire

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Scotland’s National Book Awards – Fiction Book of the Year
  • Council ban is a threat to everyone who believes in one of the core foundation principles of a democracy- their right to know what their government [at every level] is doing.
  • The President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, visits the National Library of Scotland and GAA
  • Man charged after ‘attack on police and medical staff’ at Celtic Park during during derby at Parkhead
  • Louise O’Neill: ‘The rhetoric around dating was that for women over 35, you may as well be dead’
  • ‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a moment of reckoning

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Scotland’s National Book Awards – Fiction Book of the Year

Scotland’s National Book Awards – Fiction Book of the Year

Luath Press CAT WUMMAN by Gerda Stevenson has been longlisted for the 2026 Saltires, Scotland’s National Book Awards – Fiction Book of the Year. This

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Council ban is a threat to everyone who believes in one of the core foundation principles of a democracy- their right to know what their government [at every level] is doing.

Council ban is a threat to everyone who believes in one of the core foundation principles of a democracy- their right to know what their government [at every level] is doing.

National Press Club One can only hope that West Dunbartonshire Council and its Communications Officer Amanda Graham have been paying attention to internet postings like

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The President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, visits the National Library of Scotland and GAA

The President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, visits the National Library of Scotland and GAA

National Library of Scotland and GAA Ba phribhléid dúinn fáilte a chur roimh Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly, chuig Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hAlban inniu. It

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Man charged after ‘attack on police and medical staff’ at Celtic Park during during derby at Parkhead

Man charged after ‘attack on police and medical staff’ at Celtic Park during during derby at Parkhead

by Democrat reporter A man has been arrested and charged after an alleged attack on medical staff and police at the Celtic V Rangers match

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Louise O’Neill: ‘The rhetoric around dating was that for women over 35, you may as well be dead’

Louise O’Neill: ‘The rhetoric around dating was that for women over 35, you may as well be dead’

Books The bestselling novelist’s blisteringly honest new memoir, A Bigger Life, centres on the fallout from finding herself single in her late 30s Nadine O’Regan

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‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a moment of reckoning

‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a moment of reckoning

Music Analysis ‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from US billionaire Nadia Khomami

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SNP deputy leader criticises First Minister John Swinney’s plans to merge councils

SNP deputy leader criticises First Minister John Swinney’s plans to merge councils

by BILL HEANEY John Swinney faces opposition from his deputy over perceived plans to axe and merge some councils. The First Minister confirmed in his

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

Happy Friday to all our readers, although it hasn’t been a good week here in Dumbarton. Is it ever? Because of our domestic circumstances, I

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