Autobiography Of League Founding Member

May 18, 2011

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEAGUE FOUNDING MEMBER The autobiography of a founding member of the Celtic League will be launched this summer in Ireland to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the organisation. `La Maison’ in Connemara’ by Yann Fouéré will be launched at The

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Sellafield A Clear And Present Danger

May 13, 2011

SELLAFIELD A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER Some of the media in the Isle of Man finally woke up last week to the fact that the Island has one of the most dangerous nuclear installations on the globe right on its doorstep (see link):

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Salmond Victory Overcomes Electoral System Designed To block SNP

May 13, 2011

SALMOND VICTORY OVERCOMES ELECTORAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO BLOCK SNP The Director of Information (DOI) for the Celtic League has hailed the victory of the SNP in recent Holyrood elections as an incredible success made all the more striking by the fact that the

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FERRY LINK FROM BRITTANY TO CORNWALL BEING STUDIED

May 12, 2011

FERRY LINK FROM BRITTANY TO CORNWALL BEING STUDIED A proposed weekly ferry route between Brittany and Cornwall is currently being discussed and a feasibility study into the venture is being carried out. A & P Falmouth, the company which runs the docks in

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Election analysis

May 10, 2011

It has been a busy week politically for the UK based Celtic countries with Cornwall, North of Ireland, Scotland and Wales all experiencing elections and/or referendums. All the votes have now been counted and this weekend will be the time for serious inward

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Canada:French Seperatist Vote Collapses

May 6, 2011

CANADA: FRENCH SEPARATIST VOTE COLLAPSES In the Quebec federal elections yesterday (02/05/11), the nationalist Bloc Quebecois party failed to gain a majority in Quebec for the first time in the seven Canadian federal elections it has now contested. Bloc Quebecois has dominated federal

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US Urged To End Ill-Treatment Of WikiLeaks Suspect

May 4, 2011

US URGED TO END ILL-TREATMENT OF WIKILEAKS SUSPECT The Celtic League has urged the US government to rethink its treatment of Pte Bradley Manning, currently detained by the US military following the Wikileaks revelations. Letters of protest (see below) have been sent to

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Protest Grows As Sea Rescue Cuts Looms

May 4, 2011

PROTESTS GROW AS SEA RESUE CUTS LOOM A protest at plans to close the Coastguard station at Holyhead on Anglesey is taking place today. The UK government is currently planning to cut the eighteen stations in use by over fifty per cent in

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Fat Pay For Judges Shows Priority Are Wrong

May 1, 2011

FAT PAY FOR JUDGES SHOWS PRIORITIES ARE WRONG As we reported in an earlier CL News item Ireland’s Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, castigated the pay and conditions of Judges in an interview on RTE television broadcast yesterday. The Celtic League highlighted that it is

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Time To Address The Scandal of Judges And Deemsters Pay

May 1, 2011

TIME TO ADDRESS THE SCANDAL OF JUDGES AND DEEMSTERS PAY British, Manx and Irish Judges pay is disproportionate in terms of global judicial pay scales The announcement by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny that he is to press ahead with a referendum which will

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