... get an official residence, all expenses paid, at Government House and receive an annual salary of around £108,208. The role of governor is ... might be surrounded on all sides; with Ireland to the west, Scotland to the north, England to the east and Wales to the south, but the Isle ...
Alastair Kneale - Jun 18 2021 - 3:40pm
... election to Holyrood (Scottish Parliament), is to be made a Scotland Office minister. Malcolm Offord is to be made a minister in the ... stated that Mr Offord's appointment through a seat in the House of Lords was an example of "the sleaze at the heart of the UK ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 1 2021 - 4:45pm
... The Bòrd na Gàidhlig, an organisation formed under Scotland’s the 2005 Language Act, has issued its Annual Report for ... encouraging evidence that the number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland has almost stabilised since the census of 2001. This is mainly due ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 30 2014 - 9:29pm - 0 comments
... on 23 September 2021. The election is for members of the 'House of Keys' (MHK’s), which is the directly elected lower house of Tynwald (Manx: Tinvaal), the parliament of the Isle of Man. The ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 24 2021 - 10:49am
... St. Andrew's Day (Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Aindrea) is Scotland's official national day. Who was St Andrew and why is he Scotland's Patron Saint? St Andrew has been the patron saint of Scotland ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 31 2016 - 4:17pm - 0 comments
... of islands known in English as the Flannan Isles, located in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar). Also known as the Seven ... in a storm. It is said that keepers posted to the light house in Eilean Mòr after the tragedy never felt at ease there. It was thought ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jul 19 2014 - 12:03pm - 0 comments
... News From Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Launch of Scotland's National Gaelic Language Plan Bòrd na Gàidhlig: Established as a public body by the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 which was commenced on 13th February 2006. The legislation ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 3 2018 - 8:08pm
... But actually playing the strutting little Napoleon in Scotland all seems to have gone to Carwyn Jones head. As made clear by Scottish ... in a position to block anything and Westminster can’t stop Scotland using the pound. “A currency union following a Yes vote – as ...
Mair Williams - Aug 27 2014 - 8:32pm - 0 comments
... arguments they have heard. I have no doubt people in Scotland will look past the increasingly desperate and absurd scare stories ... So in these last days of the greatest campaign Scotland has ever seen, I want to ask you to take a step back from the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 17 2014 - 12:11pm - 0 comments
... Gaelic: Cala na Creige) is a coastal town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The town grew around an Iron Age fishing village, and gradually ... ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") to regain the throne for the House of Stuart. Nowadays Stonehaven is also home to the Stonehaven Folk ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 17 2018 - 2:12pm