December 22, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

Gender recognition reforms approved by the Scottish Parliament

December 22, 2022 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter STV News is reporting from Edinburgh that the Scottish Parliament has passed legislation which aims to make it easier for transgender people

BOOKS: Happy Christmas! A Little Look Back at 2022

December 22, 2022 heaneymedia

Thank you all for helping to make 2022 another excellent year for Merrion Press/IAP Happy Christmas, everyone! It’s hard to believe we are here again, but we

ENTERTAINMENT: FRESH NEW FESTIVAL LAUNCHES IN AYR

December 22, 2022 heaneymedia

First ever folk festival to take place in the heart of Ayr next summer By Hannah Innes It might be bit late to start fishing

Dessie O’Halloran documentary features Bofin on Christmas Day

December 22, 2022 heaneymedia

December 21, 2022 Christmas Day documentary features unique life of Inishbofin singer Dessie O’Halloran Dessie O’Halloran, unique archive and footage filmed with Dessie before he

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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