For Argyll

The Islay Weblog, a site for a community has taken action for that community at a time of communal grief.

It has created an online Condolence Register where those who knew Dougald MacTaggart, his ten year-od son Jamie and his farming colleague…

Around 5.45 pm yesterday (2nd December 2008), a 38 year-old man, Dougie McTaggart, was driving his Skoda Felicia pick-up eastbound along the A847 when it collided with a westbound Scania Tipper being driven by a 52 year old man, approximately…

Sometimes you have to feel sorry for Argyll and Bute Council. It seems to have attracted a jinx on pier / slipway contracts. For Argyll has reported several times on the foreseeable and avoidable problems at the new Port Askaig Harbour…

[ January 16, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ]

The Kintyre Music and Arts Tuition Group and the Kintyre Fiddlers are hosting a special concert and two workshops in January by the legendary Cape Breton fiddler, Jerry Holland (pictured below) who pioneered a modern sound for Cape Breton…

Marine Current Turbines - which has already deployed a similar tidal energy system in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, has confirmed its intention to apply to the Crown Estate for a lease on an area in the Pentland Firth. It wants to…

And, in the first instance, you can check them out remotely via the Islay website. There’s a good story on the Barnacle Geese and their relationship to this Argyll island with its significant areas of bird reserve. As usual with the…

In yet another award for one of Argyll’s legendary Islay malt whisky distilleries, Bruichladdich had been awarded the Enterprise 250 Award for Innovation and Design. According to the 2008 Scottish Whisky Industry Review, Bruichladdich is the fastest growing single malt distillery in the…

Residents of Islay ad Jura are being asked to say how they think health services to their islands should be provided. Local doctors, nurses, ambulance staff and surgery staff are all contributing their ideas. Argyll & Bute Community Health Partnership…

An official 60th birthday photo-portrait of Prince Charles has been released - in full dress uniform as Colonel of the Welsh Guards, glittering with medals. For those wondering just what these medals are for, research tells that, beyond the various…

Early this morning (Friday 14th November) a grain silo collapsed at Islay’s port Ellen Maltings, shedding hundreds of tonnes of barley which fell around it. No-one was injured. As a precautionary measure, nearby homes were temporarily evacuated. With work at…