Transport Minister, Keith Brown, announced today in Stornoway that the Air Discount Scheme (ADS) will be extended to voluntary and charitable organisations, including churches. Alasdair Allan MSP (SNP) commented in a press release: “A number of charities and churches have raised with me the case for their being eligible for the Air Discount Scheme when travelling on behalf of their organisations. This was an issue I first ...
NewsOrganisation: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Location: Lewis Salary/Hourly Rate: £0 - £0 Hours: 21 Full/Part Time: Part Time Published: 16 July 2012 Closing Date: 5 August 2012 Ref. No.: CNS001034 Applications are invited for the following post in the Western Isles. Schools in the Western Isles are characterised by an ethos enhanced by minimal discipline issues, generous staffing, favourable class sizes and very good curricular resources. The
JobsThe flags at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar offices are flying at half mast following the death of one of its original leaders. Father Calum MacLellan, who died aged 86 on Saturday, was Vice-Convener of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar from 1974 to 1980. He was the first Vice-Convener of the Comhairle, working together with Convener Rev. Donald MacAulay. Father Calum and Rev. MacAulay were made...
NewsTwo of Scotland’s leading traditional music organisations have joined forces to create a new cultural tourism project as part of the Year of Creative Scotland 2012. Visitors to the Western Isles and the rest of Scotland will have the opportunity to hear high quality traditional music at hundred of venues across the country this summer thanks to the Trad Trails project. Combining a Ceilidh Trail organised by Fèis Rois, and a Scotland-wide session programme organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association (TMSA), Trad Trails offers exciting performances and friendly music sessions showcasing Scotland’s world renowned folk music heritage. The Ceilidh Trail provides young musicians aged 16-25 with the opportunity to develop skills in traditional music performance whilst also providing a high quality cultural tourism experience for visitors to Scotland...
NewsThe Clan Currie Society is delighted to announce that renowned Gaelic author, lecturer and scholar, Prof. William (Willie) Gillies has joined the panel of speakers for the upcoming MacMhuirich Symposium to be held on Saturday 25 August in South Uist, Scotland. Prof. Gillies joins a distinguished roster of speakers including Dr. Michael Newton from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Prof. Alan Titley of University of Cork and Deborah Anderson, Council Archaeologist for the Western Isles in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Robert Currie, President of the Clan Currie Society in New York, commented: “We are delighted to have Willie Gillies join our blue ribbon panel of experts at our annual symposium. His depth of knowledge of the MacMhuirichs is second to none.” Currie continued: “How appropriate it ...
NewsLewis-born Angus MacDonald MSP has become the new convenor of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Gaelic. Mr MacDonald, who comes from a well-known Stornoway business and farming family, and was elected to the Parliament last year to represent the Falkirk East constituency, said: “I am delighted to be the new convenor of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Gaelic. With the launch of the new National Plan for Gaelic 2012-2017 at the end of June it is clear that much work needs to be done in encouraging greater support for ...
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