Riots An English Event

August 20, 2011

RIOTS AN ENGLISH EVENT The General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has written to the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond to congratulate him on the comments he made following the riots in England last week. First Minister Salmond pointed out that

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Return Of Welsh Artifacts Not Part Of Current Strategy

August 20, 2011

RETURN OF WELSH ARTEFACTS ‘NOT PART OF CURRENT STRATEGY’ The Director of Museums Archives and Libraries of Wales (CyMAL) has written to the Celtic League to say that the return of artefacts to Wales is not “part of current Welsh Government strategy”. The

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Loss Of ETV Cover Brings Imminent Threat To Coastal Communities

August 17, 2011

LOSS OF ETV COVER BRINGS IMMINENT THREAT TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES While the United Kingdom government may have rowed back from the swingeing cuts it had planned for coastguard services it is showing no inclination to review its decision to withdraw Emergency Towing Vessels

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Justice Departments Respond on Istanbul Principles

August 17, 2011

Responses have started to come in following Celtic League queries to Justice Agencies about the application of the so called `Istanbul Principles’ of the United Nations which cover the training of law enforcement personnel and medical officers in respect of torture and ill

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Sellafield Leak Exclusive

August 17, 2011

SELLAFIELD LEAK SOURCE ELUSIVE Despite what are described as `extensive investigations’ Sellafield cannotm identify the source of a leak of contaminants first identified in February this year. The news is contained in the latest (quarterly) report of the Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations

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38 YEARS OF CARN, The Celtic League Magazine, Now Accessible

August 13, 2011

CARN, the Celtic League magazine, a treasury of 38 years of editions containing interceltic political, cultural and language news and developments is now available on our website www.celticleague.net To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Celtic League in August 1961

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Ballymurphy Massacre 40th Anniversary

August 13, 2011

BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE 40th ANNIVERSARY This last week has been the fortieth anniversary of the Ballymurphy Massacre, which saw the murder of eleven civilians in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast, Ireland by British troops between 9th and 11th August 1971. Following the publication of

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Cymru: Independance Would Have Created Greater Properity

August 12, 2011

CYMRU: INDEPENDENCE WOULD HAVE CREATED GREATER PROSPERITY Had Wales become independent nation in 1990 and had developed at the same rate as other small nations in Europe, it would now be 39% richer and have a greater GDP per capita than the United

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Plaid Cymru Leadership Moves

August 8, 2011

It is being rumoured that a Harvard University scholar and one of the leading lights of Welsh nationalist political thinking is considering standing for the leadership of Plaid Cymru in a joint bid with Plaid Assembly Member (AM) Leanne Wood. Adam Price was

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Kernow: Historic Sites Campaign Update

August 8, 2011

Members from the Kernow Branch of the Celtic League joined forces with representatives from other organisations on Friday (5th August, 2011), at a meeting with English Heritage and English Nature following allegations of the mismanagement of a site of historic interest in the

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