Archive for December 30th, 2011

The huge storm that hit Scotland on Thursday 8th December left more than 150,000 homes without power during the day on Thursday and more than 70,000 were still off overnight. At least 10,000 homes in Scotland were still without power on the Saturday. Here on Tiree it took until lunchtime on Sunday before power was… »

Last week it was reported in An Tirisdeach that RET will be made permanent for Tiree; what was not in the report was that, with this announcement came the shocking news that commercial vehicles will be included. This will mean lorry fares increasing by as much as 55%; this in real terms means an unavoidable… »

Community Partnership Fund How Tiree could gain from the Argyll Array project has been the subject of a number of my updates over the last few months and has been frequently raised as an issue in comments on the project. SPR has been looking closely at this matter over the last few months, with the… »