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Day: March 17, 2026

WEE BOX WEEKEND FOR Diocese of Argyll & the Isles

March 17, 2026 heaneymedia

Diocese of Argyll & the Isles SCIAF Sunday is this weekend. This Lent’s Wee Box Appeal will provide clean water in Ethiopia. When I visited

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Trump fumes at Nato for abandoning US in ‘time of need’ …

March 17, 2026 heaneymedia

Then President says ‘we never needed your help’ in Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on Nato, claiming the alliance

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from Clifden Arts Festival

March 17, 2026 heaneymedia

Warm wishes for St Patrick’s Day from everyone at Clifden Arts Festival. Today is a time to celebrate our shared heritage, the depth and diversity

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NOTEBOOK: SAINT PATRICK WAS FROM OLD KILPATRICK, RESEARCH CONFIRMS

March 17, 2026 heaneymedia

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Happy St Patrick’s Day. The university research paper “Saint Patrick’s birthplace and the names of the Roman forts along the

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ASSISTED DYING BILL VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT (TUESDAY) IN SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT AT 10PM

March 17, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney Liam McArthur will today make his final pitch to MSPs as the Scottish Parliament prepares to vote on the most comprehensively safeguarded

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  • FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
  •  The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families
  • Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …
  • Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying
  • ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON
  • Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

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FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …

FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
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 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families Young people aged 14 – 17 are invited to

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Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

The NUJ has criticised restrictions imposed on journalists, stopping them from accurately covering the count Perth and Kinross Council has restricted journalists from covering the

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Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), in partnership with local HSCPs and Hospices, has been working on the development of a draft

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ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

And Marie McNair keeps the SNP happy in Clydebank … by Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie was in seventh heaven tonight. The tears Jackie had shed

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Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

by Lucy Ashton One year ago, five-year-old Lachie Macdonald received life-saving cardiac surgery at the Royal Hospital for Children, which takes patients from West Dunbartonshire

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BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

Society Unholy Thoughts A skilful excavation of the ‘Presbyterian archive’ has produced a surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth-century Ulster, a veritable

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LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We are incredibly proud to shine a spotlight on Martyn McGinlay and Louise McGinlay, two amazing supporters who recently completed

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