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Tiree Resource Club New Mini-Bus Arrives!!
Tiree now has a new community bus. After two years of fantastic support from Jane Isaacson, the Resource Club were awarded a grant to purchase a mini bus and employ an outreach worker. Resource Club is very pleased to welcome Christine MacDonald into the post and hope she enjoys all the challenges ahead! The bus… »
Argyll Array Project Update 25 – Febrary 2012
Community Partnership Fund The second meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative took place on the 14th of February and the third meeting on 21st February. A joint report on the meetings will appear in the next issue of An Tirisdeach. Engineering Foundation Programme A reminder that any young person interested in… »
No Tiree Array
Will this be the scale of things to come if Tiree Array is consented? Visual Impact: Gamesa (20 % owned by Iberdrola) a major Spanish turbine manufacturer, and supplier to Iberdrola, is currently designing a comparable 7MW turbine. SPR, to maximize Tiree Array is considering deploying 10MW turbines units. Current technical information on 10 mw… »
Argyll Array Project Update #24 – February 2012
Community Partnership Fund The second meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative took place earlier this week, on the 14th of February. A joint report of the meeting will be in the next Tirisdeach, as the meeting was held too late for it to appear in this week’s newsletter. Marine Traffic Survey… »
Community Notice From Tiree Trust And SPR
SPR has recently given a commitment to establish a Community Partnership Fund and to discuss with the community how to set it up. It has always been a priority for Tiree Community Development Trust to find out, on behalf of the community, more about what this could be if the proposed Array went ahead. At… »
Argyll Array Project Update #23 – February 2012
Community Partnership Fund The first meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative took place on the 24th of January. A joint report of that meeting appears elsewhere in this issue. Marine Traffic Survey As I said in the last update, there are due to be two surveys of marine traffic on the… »
Argyll Array Project Update #22 – January 2012
Welcome to the first Argyll Array Project Update of the year. I and the rest of the Project Team would like to wish everyone a happy, peaceful and healthy 2012. Community Partnership Fund The first meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative will take place during the week beginning 23rd… »
Reid Calls For Inquiry Into Scottish Electricity
Following early January’s storms and the resulting electricity black-outs, Alan Reid, MP for Argyll & Bute said, “I am full of praise for the engineers from Scottish & Southern Energy who worked such long hours in very difficult conditions to restore power to the many affected communities. However, prevention is always better than cure and… »
Argyll Array Project Update 21 – December 2011
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… »
RSPB information – September 2011
September is the month when large numbers of birds are on the move as they head south once more for the winter. Lying on the East Atlantic Flyway, Tiree is well placed to see migration in action as wildfowl and waders pass through from their Arctic breeding grounds, whilst strong winds from fast-moving Atlantic depressions… »
