Salmond to Visit Mann

June 27, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The First Minister of Scotland will visit the Isle of Man next month as an official guest of the Manx Government. Alex Salmond will give a talk as part of the Chief Ministers (CM) Lecture and the Isle

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New Research Suggests Military Link To Dolphin Deaths

June 27, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It seems highly likely that the largest mass stranding event of dolphins in the British Isles was caused by military activity. In June 2008 almost 30 short beaked common dolphins beached themselves at Falmouth Bay in Cornwall at

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Time Role and Funding of Interpol came in for Greater Scrutiny

June 27, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In Act 1 of Shakespeare’s `Hamlet’ Marcellus says “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark”. The saying has become to epitomise situations which do not seem quite right and it could, in the light of recent Celtic

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Irish Government Respond on Interpol Query

June 27, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League have received a response from the Irish government about its involvement in the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL). The League first wrote in February seeking clarification of a number of points from the Department of

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Prisms Allegations Fanciful Says Hague But the UK has Form

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the idea that the UK spied on vast numbers of its citizens using the United States `Prism’ system is `fanciful’ and `nonsense’. However the Celtic League has reminded him that

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A State Which Mocks A Dead Man – Mocks Itself

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE “Any man’s death diminishes me. Because I am involved in mankind.” These are the words of the poet John Donne and some in the Irish government would do well to ruminate on them. When Ruairí Ó Brádaigh died

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Sign the Petition Against New Nuke at Wylfa

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Campaigners in Wales have launched a epetition via the Welsh Assembley against plans for a new nuclear power plant at the Wylfa site. The petition can be found at the link below. https://www.assemblywales.org/epetition-list-of-signatories.htm?pet_id=868 The e-petition reads: “We call

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Martin Corey – Northern Ireland Office Respond

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Office of the Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has responded to a query from the Celtic League about detained Republican, Martin Corey. The Celtic League wrote last week expressing concerns over the circumstances of his detention (see

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Manx Nationalist Graffiti Targets Governor

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Nationalist graffiti has been daubed at Government House on the Isle of Man. The words `Mec Vannin’ have been spray painted in large letters across an entrance road. Although Mec Vannin is the name of the Manx Nationalist

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Marginal Increase for Manx Miniomal Wage

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Isle of Man is to increase its minimum wage rates for workers from October this year. Given the comparative strength of the Manx economy the figure (when it does come in) is low. France (Brittany) for example

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