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Day: November 21, 2021

CULTURE: Irish art works from Michael Smurfit’s collection for auction at Sotheby’s

November 21, 2021 heaneymedia

Retired businessman says climate of Spanish home not suited to works of Irish artists Elizabeth Birdthistle in The Irish Times It’s been some week in

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BOOKS: Belfast in more carefree and vibrant days

November 21, 2021 heaneymedia

POETS:  A pentameter of poets at Clifden Arts Festival in Connemara – Ben Keating,  MIchael Longley,  Bernard ODonohue,  Lucy-Collins and Gerard Dawe. Picture by Bill

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Council and walking charity take Highland estate to court over access rights

November 21, 2021 heaneymedia

By Jamie Mann in the Ferret November 19, 2021 A walking charity and Highland Council are taking a wealthy landowner to court in a legal

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OLSP: CLOCK TICKING ON CRACKDOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA ATTACKS ON TEACHERS

November 21, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Pupils at a Dumbarton secondary have been warned that “derogatory TikTok videos” will not be tolerated. in classrooms or elsewhere in the

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BOOKS: Volume control: how creating my library brought order in a world of chaos

November 21, 2021 heaneymedia

Lucy Mangan always dreamed of having her own library. One new house and 8,000 books later, it’s become a reality By Lucy Mangan in The

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REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

by Bill Heaney UK Reform leader Malcolm Offord today criticised increases to the minimum wage and improvements to workers’ rights across the UK. Scottish Labour

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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