Age Is Not A Barrier

September 25, 2011

With a book launch in Ireland in July and another in Wales last week, one of the founding members of the Celtic League, Yann Fouéré, is proving that age is no barrier in keeping the Celtic spirit alive. Despite being 101 years old,

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Racist Media Prejudice The Celts Endure

September 25, 2011

In his monthly newspaper column for the West Briton newspaper in Cornwall, the General Secretary of the Celtic League, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot, writes on the topic of the prejudice that Welsh and Cornish people often experience and have to endure in the predominantly anglo-centric

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Kernow – Poverty Response Simply ‘Bland Rhetoric’

September 25, 2011

A reply has been received from a (UK) Government Department to an enquiry sent to Prime Minister David Cameron by a four year old girl from Cornwall. The enquiry from four year old Olwen was sent to the Prime Minister earlier this month

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Rugby Petition Calls For Alba Strip

September 22, 2011

RUGBY PETITION CALLS FOR ALBA STRIP A Celtic League online petition to the Scotland Rugby Union (SRU) has reached over 1000 signatures. The petition calls on the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) to include the name of Scotland in the Gaelic language – Alba

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S4C Funding Issue Still Live

September 18, 2011

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE S4C FUNDING ISSUE STILL LIVE The (UK) government says that it is “committed to the future of Welsh language programming and to the future of S4C as a strong and independent Welsh TV srvice”, despite imposing high financial

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Kernow: Time For A Tourist Tax?

September 18, 2011

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE KERNOW: TIME FOR A TOURIST TAX? In his regular column for the `West Briton’ newspaper, branch secretary of the Celtic League, Mike Chappell, writes about his experience of tourism in Cornwalland wonders if a tourist tax may be

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‘Serious And Gratuitous Violence’ By British Army

September 14, 2011

A three-year public inquiry into the death of an innocent Iraqi civilian in 2003, who was detained by British troops in Iraq, concluded yesterday (8th September 2011) that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was culpable of corporate and systematic failings and that “serious

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Police Officers Sign Up To Learn Language

September 14, 2011

The police service in the north of Ireland is heeding the call from the Celtic League to promote Irish language classes to its police officers, amid the launch by the (NI) Culture Minister of a new project to boost the Irish language, in

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Kernow – Campaign For National Day Goes On

September 14, 2011

A letter has been sent to all Councillors at Lys Kernow/Cornwall Council ahead of a full council meeting on Tuesday (6th September 2011), where they will discuss whether to recommend to the UK government that St Piran’s Day becomes a public holiday in

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Cameron Urged to Tackle Cornish Poverty

September 14, 2011

A four year old girl is asking the UK Prime Minister if anything can be done to alleviate the poverty among residents in the area of Cornwall where she lives. The youngest member of the Kernow Branch of the Celtic League wanted to

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