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Day: March 27, 2026

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

March 27, 2026 heaneymedia

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

March 27, 2026 heaneymedia

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

March 27, 2026 heaneymedia

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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  • Nigel Farage’s success is the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party meme come to life …
  • SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS
  • Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …
  • HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE
  • SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …
  • Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’

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Nigel Farage’s success is the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party meme come to life …

Nigel Farage’s success is the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party meme come to life …

It’s a bit late now for the British media to start asking hard questions about the Reform UK leader by Kathy Sheridan in The Irish

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SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS

SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS

First Minister John Swinney, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, and Bob Doris MSP for Maryhill. by Bill Heaney First Minister John Swinney has been told he

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Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …

Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …

by Lucy Ashton A new heart failure treatment could allow patients to return home from hospital days earlier than expected, a UK-wide trial has found.

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HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE

HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE

by Lucy Ashton Dame Jackie Baillie, the newly elected Labour MSP for Dumbarton constituency, has called on the Scottish Government to urgently tackle the social

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SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …

SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde celebrates nurses for International Nurses Day by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is marking International Nurses Day by

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Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’

Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’

by Independent political correspondent Millie Cooke  Wes Streeting has reportedly told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon

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PRIEST AWARDED ANNUAL ITALIAN SCOTLAND MEDAL

PRIEST AWARDED ANNUAL ITALIAN SCOTLAND MEDAL

Congratulations to Fr Eugenio Montesi, who has been awarded the annual Italian Scotland Medal in recognition of his decades of care and support for the

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POLITICS: HOW THE LIST SYSTEM WORKS AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

POLITICS: HOW THE LIST SYSTEM WORKS AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

by Kyle Renton This group of newly elected MSPs did not march into Holyrood because Scottish communities overwhelmingly chose them. They were put there through

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