GCHQ ‘Have Form’ When it Comes to Snooping on Ireland

February 6, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Documents released by the ‘whistleblower’ Edward Snowden in late November 2014 revealed that the UK spy facility at GCHQ was targeting undersea cable communications between Ireland and the United Kingdom. As is usual when such revelations emerge the

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DHA Respond on RIPA

February 6, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Isle of Man Minister for Home Affairs, Juan Watterson, has responded to a query from the Celtic League about the legislation which TV licensing detection personnel use on their ‘sorties’ into the Isle of Man. The League

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Foreign Ministers Visit Strengthens Irish Scottish Links

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Irelands Minister for Foreign Affairs has stressed the potential for increased bilateral trade between Ireland and Scotland. Charles Flanagan, TD, was speaking at the Europa Institute in Edinburgh. During his visit to Scotland the Foreign Minister will be

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Mann: Mickey Mouse Jibe Prompts ‘Bonhomie’ From Government Towards Press

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In a debate in Tynwald the press in the Isle of Man were labelled a ‘Mickey Mouse’ media by outspoken MHK, Peter Karran. The accusation was levelled during consideration of new Freedom of Information legislation labelled as a

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Kernow: Branch Seek Revamp of Glasney Commemoration

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Following concerns regarding the perceived ‘Anglicisation’ of a key commemoration in Kernow which remembers the 11% of the population of Cornwall who died violently in defence of their language, beliefs and traditions at the hands of the English

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UK Minister: Trident Nuclear Deterrent Needed

February 5, 2015

UK Minister: “The possibility that a major direct nuclear threat to the UK might re-emerge” News from Celtic league The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment has written in response to a letter sent to him

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Manx Government Respond on TV Licence Queries

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Communications Commission has responded to the query sent on 27th January 2015 to the Chief Minister, Allan Bell, MHK, (CM) raising a number of queries about broadcast licence fees levied in the Isle of Man. The full

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Culture Minister urged to Review Management of Cornish Heritage

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Cornwall Branch of the Celtic League has again written to the The Right Honourable Sajid Javeed MP Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport seeking a meeting with members of his Department following on from a

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St Piran Celebrations Go From Strength to Strength

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE With St Piran’s Day just a month away Mike Chappell of the Kernow branch of the Celtic League has sent us a report on how a number of branch members will be heavily involved in the celebrations in

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Flanagan: New Chapter in Scottish Irish Relations

February 3, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Irelands Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charles Flanagan, TD, will outline a ‘new chapter’ in Scottish-Irish relations when he visits Edinburgh later this week. Mr., Flanagan will be speaking about ‘the relationship between Ireland and Scotland’ at the European

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