Harris Tweed standard definition became essential. Groups of merchants in both Lewis and Harris applied to the Board of Trade for a registered trade mark. When this trade mark, the Orb, was eventually granted, the Board insisted that it should be granted to all the islands of the Outer Hebrides i.e. to Lewis, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra, as well as to Harris, the rationale for this decision being that the tweed was made in exactly the same way in all those islands. In 1909, after much negotiation and a degree of acrimony from merchants in Harris who felt that
Donegal Democrat the period July 2012 to December 2012, this was a decline of 16% on a year-on-year basis. The paper also has a website, however it does not make its editions available online like some of its other competitors (such as the "Donegal News"), and stories are not regularly updated. The website is in the same format as all other titles owned by the Johnston Press group. Donegal Democrat The Donegal Democrat is a twice-weekly local newspaper, covering County Donegal, Ireland. The paper was traditionally based in the town of Ballyshannon in the south of the county, but now has offices