Challenging The Revisionists Who Try To Re-write Irish History

August 24, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE As we move closer to the centenary commemorations of the Irish 1916 Rising there has been increased interest in the British colonial presence in Ireland. Not least has been the rise of those journalists and academics who have

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Militarism: A Small Ray of Sanity

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE MILITARISM: A SMALL RAY OF SANITY Militarism is very much to the fore these days throughout the UK and the Isle of Man. There’s a veritable ‘orgy of events’ taking place to commemorate the two world wars. Not

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Welsh and Cornish Should be Taught in English Schools

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Poet Benjamin Zephaniah has called for a wider expression of multiculturalism with the cultures of the Celtic countries being avaiable as part of the wide-stream English education system. He made his statement at the National Eisteddfod of Wales

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Inside Sellafield: But Don’t Mention ‘The Experiment’

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE BBC 4s well trailed documentary ‘Inside Sellafield’ told us nothing really new about the ghastly nuclear waste repository on the doorstep of several of the Celtic countries. The programme touched on the amateurish way the whole operation was

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Scotland: Fuel Poverty Group Meet

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In an initiative that could well be replicated in other Celtic countries (particularly the Isle of Man) ideas for tackling fuel poverty have been discussed today by a new group meeting for the first time in Inverness in

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Welsh and Scots to Commemorate 1916 Rising

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There will be Easter Rising commemorations in North Wales. Following the rising in 1916 many of those detained by the British Army were imprisoned at Frongoch Prisoner of war Camp in Gwynedd. Amongst those imprisoned in the Camp

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Make Sense of This 2

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We reported earlier today on an apparent ‘volte face’ by the Infrastructure Minister who made a statement in early August about freeing up land for growth, or were his original views just ‘lost in translation’. Anyway his comments

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Make Sense of This if You Can!

August 18, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE On August 5th Isle of Man radio station 3FM reported the following: “Investors are complaining that there isn’t enough land available to develop for employment purposes on the Island. It’s a particular problem in the east with evidence

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Another Nail in the Coffin for Manx Work Permit System

August 15, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In a press release about further change to work permit rules on the Isle of Man several Ministers are quoted saying that the changes will be beneficial. Some Manx people may beg to differ as ‘CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT

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People in North More Disposed to Use Irish Language

August 15, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In a report issued earlier this month The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), the state think-tank, examined the attitudes towards the Irish Language in both states in Ireland. Drawing mainly on the 2013 Irish Language Survey involving

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