Mann: Governor Stripped of His Powers Still Calls The Shots

July 25, 2011

Mec Vannin (the Manx Nationalist Party) chose the Tynwald Day edition (earlier this month) of its newspaper Yn Pabyr Seyr to set out its `welcome’ to the Islands new Lieutenant Governor (LG). It also opened the piece with a swipe at another nationalist

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Cymru: Preschool Study Project For GS

July 25, 2011

The general secretary (GS) of the Celtic League returned from Wales this month where he undertook a study visit of Welsh medium preschool provision as part of a wider project that will contribute to the development of Cornish language education in Cornwall. Rhisiart

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UK: Justice Ministries Queried On Torture Convention Training

July 25, 2011

The Celtic League has asked justice departments in Scotland, N. Ireland, the Isle of Man, England and Wales if training is provided to law enforcement personnel and medical officers on the specifics of the UN Convention on Torture and the so called Istanbul

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UN Say Garda Síochána Should Not Investigate Itself

July 25, 2011

The United Nations Committee Against Torture has outlined concerns about the complaints and investigation mechanisms available to prisoners and those detained by the police in Ireland. Whilst welcoming, in its most recent report, the appointment of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission some years

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League EU Maritime Safety Call Vindicated

July 25, 2011

A sensationalised headline in the United Kingdom Sunday Mail today purports to have uncovered a plan by the EU to `scupper’ the UK Coastguard. However the truth is somewhat more prosaic. The EU has for several years now been developing a coordinated approach

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Ireland: Rendition Flights Once Again In the Spotlight

July 25, 2011

The question of alleged cooperation by the former Irish government in the US rendition programme is once again in the spotlight. In its (country) report on Ireland the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) observe at paragraph 9: “The Committee is concerned at

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Best or Bent: How Currupt is the Met?

July 25, 2011

So how corrupt is the Metropolitan Police Service and why should it matter to the Celtic League? Well for a start the United Kingdom government are always holding their institutions up as an example to the world and the MPS are used as

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OECD Queried About UK Police Bribaery and Corruption

July 25, 2011

The Celtic League has asked the OECD if it will be undertaking any enquiries into the alleged bribery and corruption involving the United Kingdom Metropolitan Police Service. Over the years the OECD has often spoken out and demanded assurances from small jurisdictions about

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‘No Authority to Act in Cornwall’ Quango Told

July 25, 2011

The Cornish Branch Secretary of the Celtic League has written to Natural England and English Heritage following a tip off by a member of the public about the alleged mismanagement of land in the Penwith area of Cornwall. Branch Secretary Mike Chappell wrote

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South Irish Sea Designated Danger Area Query

July 14, 2011

The Celtic League has written to the Department of Transport in Ireland asking if they were involved in a consultation (undertaken by UK authorities) which has established a new `designated danger area’ for the testing of unmanned – military and civil robotic –

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