His Foot’s On The Pedal But Our Foot Is Out Of Step!

January 5, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE “With the economy still growing, unemployment low, our international reputation heightened and public finances on track to be rebalanced, the island is in a better position than Allan Bell envisaged when he first became Chief Minister.” So it

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Mec Vannin Rams Home The Message On Unacceptable Energy Pricing

January 5, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Well it doesn’t look as if Mec Vannin paid much heed to the critics who found their Manx Gas poster item offensive! The suggestion that a failure to deal with rising costs would ultimately lead to more winter

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What Did The FSC/FCU Know About The KPMG Canada Affair? Will We Ever Know?

January 5, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE I bet Canadian citizens will not have been raising a glass over the festive season to the good news that John Aspden has acquired himself a New Years honour courtesy of ‘Elizabrit’ Windsor. John of course is the

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Missed Opportunity To Shunt the Constitutional Gravy Train Into The Siding For Good!

January 4, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE After ‘lightening up’ somewhat for the holiday period you come back down to earth with a bump when through feedback to our posts here we learn of what ordinary people are suffering at the moment. People in low

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New Years Eve Nuclear Waste Site Flood Alert Virtually Unreported

January 4, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Our thanks to Albert Froon in the UK for posting us details of the attached article from ‘The Ecologist’ which was published on New Years Eve and warns of possible dangers from flooding at the Drigg nuclear waste

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Government Policy Of Greed And Growth Criticised By Dhone Speaker

January 4, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Peter Crellin delivering the English oration at yesterday’s Illiam Dhone ceremony was quietly firm but uncompromising in his criticism of government and his growth policy. Peter who together with his fellow speaker Isla Callister who delivered the Manx

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The Voice of Manx Youth At Hango Hill

January 4, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Delivering the Illiam Dhone Manx oration at Hango Hill, Isla Callister, symbolises an increasingly confident face of Manx Gaelic language and culture prepared to speak out over issues that the new generation of nationalist see as imperative. Her

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A Damp Day But Spirits Were High As Dhone Commeration Held

January 4, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Despite appalling weather there was a good turn out at the Illiam Dhone commemoration yesterday. Opening proceedings Bernard Moffatt spoke about the significance and legacy of Dhone to Manx people and our institutions. He also pointed out that

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Unpopular Policies Paralysed Island

January 1, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE This year’s celebrations of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland got underway today in Dublin. However what is not always realised is that 1916 was also a radical year for the Isle of Man with a protest at

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