Lewis Chessmen: Scottish Government Resolute On Need To Reunite Pieces

March 31, 2011

LEWIS CHESSMEN: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RESOLUTE ON NEED TO REUNITE PIECES The Scottish Government is committed to campaigning to have the Lewis Chessmen reunited in an independent Scotland. The position is set out in reply to a query from the Celtic League (see link

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Scotland: Tornado Accidents RAF Reply

March 31, 2011

SCOTLAND: TORNADO ACCIDENTS RAF REPLY The RAF has responded to Celtic League concerns expressed following accidents involving a number of Tornado aircraft during military exercises over Scotland in February (see link below): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3580 The full text of the RAF reply is set out

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Thirty Five Years On British Apologise For Killing Armagh Schoolgirl

March 31, 2011

THIRTY FIVE YEARS ON BRITISH APOLOGISE FOR KILLING ARMAGH SCHOOLGIRL The United Kingdom Defence Minister, Liam Fox, has formally apologised for the death of a South Armagh schoolgirl over thirty years ago. Twelve year old Majella O’Hare was shot in the back as

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Mannin: Slow Freeze On Libyan Assests

March 31, 2011

MANN: SLOW FREEZE ON LIBYAN ASSETS The Manx government has reacted angrily to suggestions it was slow to implement an asset freeze on Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi and his associates. Responding to questions from Member of the House of Keys MHK, David Cannan,

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Carn Online

March 31, 2011

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE CARN ON LINE As determined by the recent Celtic League AGM, held on the Isle of Man in 2010, the full inventory of CARN, the League journal is to be made available on line in pdf form. I

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ETV: No Complete Risk Yet in Place

March 28, 2011

The Celtic League has received a (undated) response to our query to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the decision of the UK government to announce the withdrawal of the emergency tug vessel (ETV) provision around British coasts (see link): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3591 It

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No Evidence of Iranian Arms Shipment On Manx Registered Vessel

March 28, 2011

The Isle of Man Chief Minister says there is no evidence to support allegations that illegal arms shipments were made on Isle of Man registered vessels operated by the Iranian IRISL organization. The Celtic League wrote to the IOM government in February revisiting

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Elderly Accident Prone Nuclear Plant Poses No Threat

March 28, 2011

The Irish government has responded to concerns articulated by the Celtic League about plans to extend the operational life of the Wylfa nuclear plant. The reply from the Office of the Taoiseach seems somewhat laid-back about possible safety implications implicit in the service

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Manin: Language Project Visit By League General Secretary

March 22, 2011

MANNIN: LANGUAGE PROJECT VISIT BY LEAGUE GENERAL SECRETARY The Celtic League General Secretary, Rhisiart Talebot, is currently visiting the Isle of Man as part of a language project sponsored by Plymouth University. He will be visiting a number of Mooinjer Veggey (MV) preschools

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Assembly Government Not Enthusiastic For Return Of Gold Cape

March 22, 2011

ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT NOT ENTHUSIASTIC FOR RETURN OF GOLD CAPE The Welsh Assembly Government (AG) says they are not seeking the return of the important Welsh artefact `the Gold Cape of Mold’ for permanent exhibition at this time. The Celtic League had written to

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