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Day: August 30, 2024

RELIGION: DUMBARTON-BASED PRIEST BUILT THE BASILICA AT KNOCK, COUNTY MAYO

August 30, 2024 heaneymedia

Editors’ Note Sacred space Visitors to Mayo invariably speak of the weather, and never in flattering terms. Austen Ivereigh was at it in his View from Knock

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AUDREY’S IN CHARGE AS SUPPORT SERVICE EXPANDS AT VALE OF LEVEN HOSPITAL

August 30, 2024 heaneymedia

By David Coyle NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Support and Information Service has collaborated with local partner organisations to provide more in-person assistance at the

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‘Pub of the Year’ is bar that serves up ‘feel good’ beer and food

August 30, 2024 heaneymedia

The Glasgow hostelry taking home the prestigious title of Scotland’s Pub of the Year is … By Liam Lennox A renowned bar in the heart

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Outdoor education & a community watersports hub in Balloch alternative to Flamingo Land

August 30, 2024 heaneymedia

Sunday Herald 25th August  parkswatchscotland Cairngorms and Lomond & Trossachs National Parks By Nick Kempe on August 28, 2024 The importance of outdoor education, the

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MSP BAILLIE SAYS NO TO FLAMINGO LAND PLAN FOR BALLOCH

August 30, 2024 heaneymedia

MSP JACKIE BAILLIE SAYS NO TO FLAMINGO LAND PLAN Scottish Labour’s Deputy Leader, Jackie Baillie, has revealed that she will be objecting to Flamingo Land’s Lomond

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  • Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18
  • ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP
  • Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond
  • BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal
  • LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

  Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

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