December 17, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

POEM FOR TODAY: PATRICK KAVANAGH

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Poem For Today A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh “ One side of the potato-pits was white with frost – How wonderful that was, how wonderful!

Spotlight on The Sons

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Robert Robertson on was Chairman of Dumbarton FC and took a struggling Dumbarton in the 1960s to notable success in the 1970s. Appointed in 1968,

TRAVEL: Festive disruption as strikes cripple rail network

December 17, 2022 heaneymedia

Just 12 ScotRail routes are operating as Network Rail workers continue industrial action. By Lucy Ashton Christmas nights out across Scotland face disruption this weekend

TOP MARKS: Children receiving good quality care at Early Learning and Childcare Centres

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December 2022 By Lucy Ashton Children attending Early Learning & Childcare in West Dunbartonshire are receiving good quality care and learning. A report to the

SCOTTISH TORY LEADER RUSSELL FINDLAY’S SPEECH TO CONFERENCE

Conference speech by Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay Left to right: Russell Findlay, Andy Burnham, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The SNP came to power

JUSTICE: Thin blue line becoming thinner and Scottish prisons are bursting at the seams

by BILL HEANEY They used to be known as vigilantes, but in these turbulent times we are now dealing with the Scottish Government, which would

GARVAGHY ROAD: It seems the dead are easily forgotten

by Neil Mackay in the Herald “It seems the dead are easily forgotten. Men like Michael McGoldrick, Robert Hamill and Frank O’Reilly. Women like Rosemary

SWINNEY URGED TO COMMIT TO TALKS ON COUNCIL TAX

by BILL HEANEY John Swinney has been told he must ensure cross-party talks on council tax reform take place “as soon as possible”. The First

Royal Navy’s new attack submarine arrives at Faslane on the Gareloch

HMS Agamemnon arrived on the River Clyde after departing Barrow 4 October 2026 by LUCY ASHTON The Royal Navy’s newest Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine has arrived

Thousands attend rallies as Drumcree stand-off enters seventh day

‘There will be no Orange march down this road, not now and not ever,’ Mary Lou McDonald tells Garvaghy Road rally Thousands of people attended

MEMORIES OF THE OLD PIER AND OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL

MEMORIES OF THE OLD OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLOpened in 1929, the beloved Helensburgh open-air pool (seen here in this rare image) was gifted to the town

HOLIDAY HISTORY LESSONS IN COLOURFUL CAPITAL OF CONNEMARA

BY KATIE SULLIVAN On the morning of June 15, 1919, people working at the Marconi wireless station near Clifden in Connemara saw an extraordinary sight.

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