Normally, claimants are not eligible to make more than three claims for a crisis grant from the Scottish Welfare Fund in any given year. Jackie Baillie raised the point that, given the unprecedented circumstances the public are finding themselves in, this criteria should be waived. … More VIRUS: WELFARE GRANT ‘THREE CLAIM RULE’ WAIVED
For generations Irish families have enjoyed taking a break with a delicious scone filled with butter, cream and jam.
They are perfect all year round, but are particularly popular during the summer when they can be garnished with strawberries and raspberries and eaten as part of a picnic. … More NOTHING LIKE A SCONE ON ST PATRICK’S DAY
The National sold 21, 915 copies on February 27 – which will now always be known as ‘McCrone Day’. This is significantly higher than at any point over the past five years and more than double their average daily sale. … More READ IT AGAIN HAMISH MOVE WINS MORE READERS
Michael Russell claim that ‘Scotland pays out more than it gets back’ is False Michael Russell, the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations. By Ferret Journalists on February 12, 2020 The UK government has launched a new marketing campaign targeting Scots. On 6 February 2020 @UKGovScotland tweeted: “The prosperity of the UK delivers greater … More IT’S BIG MIKE WHO IS TELLING THE SPENDING FIBS
Terry Brankin loves his wife, but it’s a bloody nuisance that a cold-case investigator is trying to pin him for a long past IRA bombing that killed a young girl. His wife Kathleen can’t take it. He tells her that things were different then. She tells him he must confess. He’d only get two years under the Belfast Agreement and she’ll stand by him, but she leaves him to give him time to mull it over. … More NEW BOOKS LAUNCHED IN BELFAST THIS MONTH
The Glasgow audience was captivated by the marvellous vocals, including some authentic sean nos; enthralled by the music, and thrilled by the dancers. … More CHERISH THE LADIES FAB GIG AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS
Young people need to be given choices in all aspects of life and food is no exception. Veganism has grown in popularity over the last few years, so it is wonderful to hear that the catering staff at Lochgilphead Joint Campus are giving pupils the opportunity to explore it. … More PROVIDING HEALTHY MEALS IN ARGYLL AND BUTE
I offer contrasting cameos to illustrate why this might be happening. Last Saturday, an indeterminate number of people splashed their way through Glasgow, waving flags. (Incidentally, should Scotland’s Education and Justice Ministers really be sharing a march with banners which denounce opponents as ‘scum’ and “c`***s’? … More THE BRIAN WILSON COLUMN
This discussion of Heaney’s politics and understanding of place is admirably nuanced, yet never unclear. He does full justice to Heaney’s complex understanding of “locations of writing”, places enlivened by association with literature, and his related understanding of his own home, which situates it in a broad spatial and temporal context. O … More SEAMUS HEANEY: THE MANY STAGES OF THINKING
Black and Tans: ‘Half-drunk, whole-mad’ and one-fifth Irish By Diarmaid Ferriter in The Irish Times Black and Tans guarding Dublin street after a shooting on Gloucester Road. One of the striking developments of 1919 in Ireland was the extent to which the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), policing Ireland since 1836, came under siege by … More CENTENARY OF THE BLACK AND TANS IN IRELAND
