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Fish Farm For Coll?
The Crown Estate has confirmed that they have been approached by a party interested in putting a fish farm in the waters around the Isle of Coll, and that they have granted the said party a lease option to do so.
Due to confidentiality they will release no further details as to the exact location but… »
Atlantic Rising Update
At the beginning of January we published a letter from abroad giving an update on the progress of the Atlantic Rising Expedition, a number of readers have asked for more details of this, I hope this explains what it is all about.
HUNDREDS of letters from school children in Tiree were dropped into the Atlantic… »
Daisy & Morag Anne brought back to life
Three Tiree Maritime Boat Builder courses were successfully completed on Tiree during the winter of 2009/2010 and two traditional Tiree boats were renovated and a new boat was started.
The Maritime Trusts aims to preserve Tiree’s maritime heritage and part of this is to provide training in traditional boat building skills.
The recent courses were… »
Burns Night Celebration
Residents at Tigh A Rudha invited family and residents of Rudha Cottages to help them celebrate Burns Night last month.
Gordon Connell and band visit the home on a monthly basis and always provide a wonderful evening of entertainment in the form of a ceilidh. This month, joined by singers from the school and local… »
Annual Cattle Sale
All Stock Sold
Saturday morning was damp and grey but that didn’t seem to deter the buyers who had travelled over from the mainland for the first Tiree Cattle Sale of 2010.
Three hundred and seventeen animals had been put up for sale, trading was brisk and all stock was cleared at very satisfactory rates.
Following are… »
The Full “Tiree Sand Theft” announcement
After reaching newspapers at the national level we thought we ought to reprint online the full notice by Andrew Montgomery, Argyll Estates Factor, about illegal sand extraction on the Island.
“Despite the fact that some time ago letters were sent out and a notice placed in ‘An Tirisdeach’ regarding the above, the extraction is still taking… »
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… »
Highland Airways
Highland Airways appears to have found someone to rescue it from its recent troubles.
The Inverness based firm, which employs about 100 people, had restricted bookings for flights while talks were held to secure new investment.
Flights for February have been restored and the firm has said discussions with a potential new partner are going… »
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…. »
