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Day: March 17, 2024

Sons of the Rock Flute Band tribute to terrorist puts paid to march permission

March 17, 2024 heaneymedia

The Pride of the Rock flute band taking part in an Orange Walk in Dumbarton. By Hugh Jordan in Belfast A Dumbarton-based loyalist band’s support

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Waverley’s 2024 Clyde Summer timetable will be released this coming Thursday

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How St Patrick’s Day came to Ireland – plus some handy phrases for this weekend’s festival

March 17, 2024 heaneymedia

Culture There’s more to our patron saint than green sequins and pint-shaped hats. Here’s The Irish Times’ eight-part guide to St Patrick and our national

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HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY TO CLIFDEN, CLEGGAN AND CLADDAGHDUFF IN LOVELY CONNEMARA

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‘FAMILIES ARE BEING FAILED’ AS NUMBER OF CHILDMINDERS COLLAPSES

March 17, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton  Scottish Labour has today accused the SNP government of over a decade of failing families, as the party can reveal the number

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Tories downplay ‘plot’ to replace Rishi Sunak with Penny Mordaunt

March 17, 2024 heaneymedia

Top of page: Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt. By Lucy Ashton Senior Tories have sought to downplay reports that some Conservative MPs

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  • Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde
  • DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY
  • Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland
  • What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …
  • STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

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Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

The festival will be held on the banks of the Clyde next June Electronic music festival Terminal V will be held on the banks of

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

by BILL HEANEY Whose idea was it to allow the Orange Order to parade down Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, at the weekend? And

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Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

by LUCY ASHTON A new Scotland-wide campaign has launched a warning that adult criminals are grooming and exploiting children to commit crime, enabling them to

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What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

It may look like Garvaghy Road residents and Sinn Féin are in lock-step. The reality is more complex Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Tuesday,

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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