Marion Price: Prisoner In Poor health As Internment Continues

April 30, 2012

Despite an emphatic rejection last year by NI Justice Minister, David Ford MLA, of concerns we expressed about the detention of republican activist Marion Price in the all male Maghaberry Prison earlier this year Ms Price was moved to HMP Hydebank wood. The

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Lily Ban Indicates Forceful Resonance of 1916 Symbol

April 30, 2012

It has been reported that republican prisoners at the notorious Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland have once again been punished for wearing Easter Lilly symbols this year. Prisoners who wore the symbol to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising are reported to have been

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Mannin: Royal Visit An Irrelevance

April 30, 2012

Manx nationalists, who usually ignore such events, broke with tradition and questioned the meaning and value of a visit to the Isle of Man earlier this week of England’s Prince Charles and his second wife. The party was scathing of the deference shown

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League Thanked For Participation in RPII Research project

April 30, 2012

The Radiological Protection Institute for Ireland has thanked the Celtic League for its participation in recent research it carried out into “attitudes to radiation in the environment”. A letter to the Leagues Director of Information, Bernard Moffatt, from RPII Director of Corporate Development,

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League Members to Attend Protest Meeting

April 29, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS A public protest meeting is being organised in Penzance by the Penwith Anti-Cuts Alliance in support of workers from the last remaining Remploy factory in Cornwall to remain open. The Penzance Remploy factory is under threat of closure following

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Gaidhlig Speakers Divided on Independence

April 26, 2012

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Gaidhlig Speakers Divided on Independence A short interview with the Alba Branch Secretary of the Celtic League has featured in the weekly Irish language newspaper supplement ‘Foinse’. The article focuses on the views of Gaidhlig speakers in Scotland

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Special Commission Meet to Discuss League’s Future

April 26, 2012

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Special Commission Meet to Discuss League’s Future Members of a ‘Special Commission’ appointed at the Celtic League’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Alba (Scotland) last year met recently to discuss proposals about how the organisation should potentially develop

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Irish Language – Positive Census Results but Major Threats Loom

April 9, 2012

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Irish Language – Positive Census Results but Major Threats Loom The Convenor of the Celtic League has issued a statement on the Irish language following the release of data from the 2011 Census in Ireland. When the Census

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League Submit Statment to UN

April 4, 2012

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE League Submit Statement to UN The Celtic League has submitted a statement to the United Nations (UN) on the topic of the working rights for disabled people, following an invitation to take part in a UN ECOSOC High

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