Community Announcements
Ringside Theatre Project – Update
Way back in November 2009 we were all encouraged to cast our votes in the people’s Millions Competition, in the hope of winning a substantial cash award so that the ringside at the Rural Centre could be modified so it could be used as a warm comfortable cinema for proper shows.
In December we announced… »
Happy 90th Chrissie
One of Tiree’s oldest residents Christina Campbell McNeill – Chrissie- will be celebrating her 90th Birthday next weekend.
Chrissie was born on 28th February 1920 at the family home, Balinoe Post Office and lived there with her parents Flora and Lachie (a postman), three sisters Flora Anne, Alix & Phem, and her father’s sister Julieanne,… »
Tiree’s new police officer
Tiree’s resident population increased by two recently with the arrival of Stephen Tanner and his partner, Lorna MacArthur.
Stephen has been appointed Tiree’s resident police officer, a position which has been unfilled since the departure of Kevin at the end of last year.
Stephen has seventeen years service in the police force, both as a… »
Off shore wind farm
It has been nearly a year since An Tirisdeach first reported on the proposal by Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) to explore the possibilities of an Offshore Wind Farm to the west of Tiree.
The UK Government has set ambitious targets for energy supplied from renewable sources and the Scottish Government targets are even higher. The… »
Electric Vehicles For Tiree?
Tiree Community Powerdown project has been looking at the feasibility of electric vehicles.
The community identified green transport as an objective in the 2004 Community Development Plan. Electric vehicles have improved in design and battery capacity to give robust vehicles with ranges of up to 70 miles and top speeds of 60 miles per hour…. »
Birding News
December began where November left off, being rather mild, wet and windy but it became increasingly colder (and drier) and by the end of the month, an unusually prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures set in as it did across the whole of Scotland.
The freezing weather made conditions very tough for many of our wintering… »
Christmas Lunch
Members of Tiree’s community support network lunch club enjoyed their annual Christmas Lunch with a delicious three course meal at the Lodge Hotel on Wednesday 16th December.
The occasion also marked the birthday celebrations of lunch club member Cathy MacNeill.
Many thanks to Fiona Macphail and her staff for their continued support of the Lunch… »
S5 Students Say Thank You
At the start of September, we went on a school trip to Glencoe with Mr Campbell, Miss Davies and Will Wright.
On the first day, we climbed to the top of Stob Coire nan Lochan, which is about 1200m high. We were exhausted by the time we got to the top, were battered by strong… »
MOTOR HOME OVERNIGHT PARKING SITES ON TIREE
After public consultation, the votes are in on implementing a scheme for motor homes/campervans visiting Tiree, which would ensure that the number of these vehicles arriving on the Island would be restricted to the number of overnight parking sites available for them.
The public vote found an overwhelming majority in favour of this scheme.
The… »
Youth on Tiree
I’ve spent the first week or two finding my feet and talking to various groups who I’ll be working with to decide how they can get the most out of the Youth worker position. I’ve also been working on questionnaires which will be issued to the young people in the school to hear what they… »
