Category Archives: Sunday Independent

Rangers’ fall from grace leaves long list of victims

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

On Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron paid a visit to Scotland. At a press conference, held in camera-sight of Edinburgh Castle, the Tory leader made an impassioned plea for maintaining two venerable institutions with long histories and uncertain futures: the political union between Scotland … Continue reading →

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Cillian Sheridan: ‘They were probably expecting an unbelievable player, then I turned up’

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

Just before Christmas, Cillian Sheridan was invited to appear as a pundit on Sportscene, BBC Scotland’s flagship football show. In studio, the on-loan St Johnstone striker’s analytical skills were more Garth Crooks than Alan Hansen – “I’m rubbish at talking about football,” he says … Continue reading →

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Stokes and Miller in tune with Hibernian rhapsody

Posted on February 26, 2010 by admin

Edinburgh is proving a happy hunting ground for two Irish internationals, as I reported in The Sunday Independent a few couple of Sundays ago: “I doubt I’ll ever tire of Edinburgh,” bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin once said of his … Continue reading →

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