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Day: June 16, 2024

BLOOMSDAY: THE SCOTTISH CONNECTION WITH JAMES JOYCE

June 16, 2024 heaneymedia

Princes Pier in Greenock is where James Joyce arrived in Scotland.    James Joyce in Glasgow: ‘clyding by on her eastway’ – Professor Willy Maley,

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HONOURS LIST: MBE FOR JOHN BEVERIDGE, Maid Of The Loch – Loch Lomond Steamship Company

June 16, 2024 heaneymedia

Without the efforts of John and others the Maid would have been scrapped Many congratulations are due to founder of Loch Lomond Steamship Company and

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FATHER’S DAY: LABOUR WILL MAKE PARENTAL LEAVE A  RIGHT

June 16, 2024 heaneymedia

 JUNE 16, 2024 By Lucy Ashton Labour’s New Deal for Working People will deliver change for working parents, Scottish Labour has said on Fathers’ Day. 

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …
  • DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S
  • Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success
  • HOLYROOD ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DUMBARTON AND CLYDEBANK SEATS
  • Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war
  • WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? COUNCIL REFUSES TO STEP FORWARD

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Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

by Louise Wilson in Holyrood magazine Artwork credit: Iain Green The politician formerly known as a lord wants you to know he’s just a wee

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DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

Archdiocese of Glasgow It is with sorrow that the death is announced of Fr Pat Currie, former Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Maryhill and St

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Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

by Lucy Ashton A pilot scheme within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to help people into work has been hailed a success by everyone involved.

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HOLYROOD ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DUMBARTON AND CLYDEBANK SEATS

HOLYROOD ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DUMBARTON AND CLYDEBANK SEATS

by Bill Heaney The Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) have announced candidates for Holyrood including for Dumbarton, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, where well

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Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

PICTURED ABOVE: First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane.  War in

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WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? COUNCIL REFUSES TO STEP FORWARD

WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? COUNCIL REFUSES TO STEP FORWARD

by Bill Heaney Six uniformed police officers turned up in Church Street yesterday to a rally of community carers who were demonstrating outside West Dunbartonshire

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Health Board to launch opt‑out testing for blood borne viruses at Hospital Emergency Department

Health Board to launch opt‑out testing for blood borne viruses at Hospital Emergency Department

by Lucy Ashton Over the coming weeks, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) will introduce opt‑out testing for blood borne viruses at its Glasgow Royal

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SPINELESS OFFORD ‘INSULTING SCOTS’ WITH LIST CANDIDATE OFFERINGS — SARWAR

SPINELESS OFFORD ‘INSULTING SCOTS’ WITH LIST CANDIDATE OFFERINGS — SARWAR

Labour leader Anas Sarwar, right, says Reform UK Lord Offord’s list of election candidates are ‘a bunch of chancers’ by Bill Heaney Scotland will reject

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