Month: August 2017

Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: As a UN NGO accredited by the UN Economic and Social Committee Celtic League tries to monitor all the work of the various UN agencies in so far as they impact on the Celtic countries or in

The UN Committee Against Torture has issued its (unedited) ‘Concluding Observations on the 2nd Periodic Report on Ireland’. The report welcomes many positive legislative changes since the last CAT examination of State Provision. However the report also includes a number of critical observations

After a very successful AGM held this year on the Isle of Man the Celtic League Convenor, Cathal O Luain, has issued an action plan to branches and officers arising from the decisions taken at the meeting. Much of the strategy relates to

So, there you are a sole or plaice lying happily on the sea-bed when someone electrocutes you – well almost. You just now it must be the Dutch! Those relentless harvesters of the sea the men (and women) of Holland have come up

Concern over a BBC Newsnight programme on the Welsh language and proposed changes has led to the launch of an on-line petition. The initiator of the petition Huw Marshas says: “Tonight on the day the Welsh Government published a white paper on the

News from YN COMMMEEYS CELTIAGH – CELTIC NEWS MANNIN: ‘Mec Vannin put it diplomatically I will put it bluntly – COMIN AND DEFA sit on their arse!’ Mec Vannin joins the fray over the sea area issue although ‘joins’ is a misnomer because

The Welsh people take their National Eisteddfod seriously and even the RAF know not to monkey about with it. So much so that they have moved some operations from their main training base at RAF Valley (close to where it is being held)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes it is only a matter of time before same-sex marriage is introduced in Northern Ireland. He was speaking at a Pride event in Belfast ahead of the main Pride march this afternoon. Mr Varadkar said he

The more recognisable direct-action groups such as the Basque group ETA may have ‘hung up their guns’ but in both the Basque country and Catalonia new groups of radical left-wing groups are emerging and challenging the status quo. The older nationalist protest groups

‘Some 20 million people board cruise ships every year. And while they might return to land with fond memories of umbrella drinks and shuffleboard, they leave a lot at sea. About a billion gallons (3.8 billion liters) of sewage, in fact.’ Isle of