May 31, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

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,

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

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

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

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

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

GLOVES ARE OFF AS LIBRARY PROTESTERS CONSULT LAWYERS OVER CLOSURE

Balloch library campaigners threaten to take Council to court By Bill Heaney Women, children and elderly residents of Balloch have written to politicians and taken

CHIVAS WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE OVER FESTIVE SEASON

Trade unions warned the action could hit festive supplies of premier brands By Bill Heaney Hundreds of Dumbarton-based Scotch whisky production workers will take strike

Donna threatened to batter her, witness tell Caroline Glachan trial

By Democrat reporter Donna Marie Brand threatened to “batter” Caroline Glachan for going out with Robert O’Brien whom she was herself seeing at the same

POLITICS: Majority of Scots think Matheson should resign over £11,000 iPad data bill

By Bill Heaney I may have been wrong when I wrote in my Notebook column that I believed Michael Matheson, pictured right, should refuse to

BAILLIE: HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALS LOCAL HOUSING EMERGENCY

By Bill Heaney Homelessness is not new in West Dunbartonshire. People of a certain age will remember the Model lodging house in the old Artizan

Parents will feel blamed, sidelined and abandoned by new schools behaviour report

Published 28 November 2023 Good behaviour – the majority of pupils are behaving well in Scotland. By Bill Heaney Thousands of head teachers, teachers and

CAROLINE: It was likely that she sustained a minimum of ten blows to the head

Caroline was unconscious but alive when she entered water, murder trial told The body of 14-year-old Caroline Glachan was discovered in the river Leven on

CARERS DAY IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

Carers of West Dunbartonshire Wow, what a great day we’ve had! A HUGE thank you to all the amazing organisations who joined us for today’s

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