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Day: May 31, 2022

TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

May 31, 2022 heaneymedia

Obituary FRANCIS J MEEHAN, US AMBASSADOR Born: February 14, 1924, East Orange, New Jersey, USA of Scottish parents from Clydebank Died: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute,

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ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

May 31, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Going to the big match at Hampden on Wednesday night? You might just be able to get there by rail but, so

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ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

May 31, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Updated May 31, 2022 “It’s just a domestic,” I would hear them say when I listened into the police radio of an

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COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

May 31, 2022 heaneymedia

Unions have said that unless negotiations reopen with a ‘vastly improved offer’ then industrial action looks ‘inevitable’   The unions in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll

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ENTERTAINMENT: Celtic Connections returns with special summer concerts

May 31, 2022 heaneymedia

Celtic Connections, the UK’s premiere celebration of roots music, is set to showcase a series of special concerts this summer. Best known as the largest

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MUSIC: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER IN WATERFORD

May 31, 2022 heaneymedia

Notable Works is at St Joseph, St Benildus & St Mary’s Parish, Waterford, Ireland Bernie Heaney’s talented cousins, the O’Beirne family from Waterford in Ireland, scored a

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  • FESTIVAL: Spectacular 30th edition of Celtic Connections draws to a close
  • POLICE: Out of 4,280 complaints against police, just 63 led to action
  • EDUCATION: Gold star for St Ronan’s Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1
  • Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government
  • Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

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FESTIVAL: Spectacular 30th edition of Celtic Connections draws to a close

FESTIVAL: Spectacular 30th edition of Celtic Connections draws to a close

Blue Rose Code in full flight at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. By Liam O’Heanai Europe’s premier folk, roots and world music festival Celtic Connections drew to a

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POLICE: Out of 4,280 complaints against police, just 63 led to action

POLICE: Out of 4,280 complaints against police, just 63 led to action

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and former police officer Wendy Chamberlain has today called for Police Scotland to offer reassurances about the

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EDUCATION: Gold star for St Ronan’s Early Learning and Childcare Centre

EDUCATION: Gold star for St Ronan’s Early Learning and Childcare Centre

Labour councillors John Millar and Clare Steel with staff and pupils at St Ronan’s. By Alex Smart Staff and children at St Ronan’s Early Learning

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SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1

SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1

MATCH REPORT || DUMBARTON Given that we have just had the annual month of Rabbie Burns celebrations – and that they are still going on

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Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government

Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government

Real IRA bomb that exploded in Co Tyrone killed 29 people Police officers and firefighters inspecting the damage caused by the Omagh Bomb. By Bill

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Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

Labour councillors Danny Lennie and Michelle McGinty – compassionate support for parents. By Bill Heaney Parents working for West Dunbartonshire Council will be offered compassionate

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MINING: THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR ARGYLLSHIRE HILLS

MINING: THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR ARGYLLSHIRE HILLS

Phillip Day wants to expand the company and develop “satellite mines” near Cononish. By David Henderson BBC Scotland business correspondent As a four-wheel drive truck

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HOLYROOD MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DUMBARTON MSP JACKIE BAILLIE

HOLYROOD MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DUMBARTON MSP JACKIE BAILLIE

Jackie Baillie: I don’t remember Nicola Sturgeon as a feminist and the GRR is all about her legacy   by Margaret Taylor 30 January 2023 Scottish

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