Month: September 2017

News from the Irish Branch of the Celtic League: Members of the Irish branch of the Celtic League took part in a demonstration in Dublin at the weekend in support of the right to self determination in Catalonia. A referendum is planned for

The Irish media report that an Irish citizen held in jail in Egypt is to be released after four years. The Celtic League had supported calls for his case to be resolved: “The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said he is hopeful and

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: ‘More money for government propaganda at a time when people can’t heat their homes’ ‘Six million claimed in expenses in five years’ shrieks the headline in the IOM Examiner as they continue their shock horror

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: The Nama (Northern Portfolio) scandal rumbles on we have commented on at length just do a search here on on the main Celtic League web pages. Here’s an update shared across from Eddie Powers CDN

News from An Conradh Ceilteach: Tá sé thar am na coireanna a rinneadh in aghaidh Muintir na hAlban de bharr fuadach na nGael a réiteach. It’s about time the wrongs that were committed against the Scottish People with the Highlands Clearances were redressed.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has condemned the Spanish Government repression in Catalonia, saying: “In a democratic country it is crucial that citizens are able to debate the future of their nation. “The Catalan people are asking only for a vote on their nation’s

In a recent statement the Celtic League General Secretary, Rhisiart Talebot, called the actions by the Spanish government aimed at disrupting the Catalan referendum on 1st October as ‘outrageous’. In the statement issued by the General Council of the Celtic League he said:

Report here on Manx Radio in which a Scottish academic says that in the post Brexit scenario the Isle of Man could reevaluate ties he cites developments in other territories with EU links such as the Faroes and Greenland: http://www.manxradio.com/…/always-scope-for-greater-self-g…/ Bernard Moffatt pp

Merco Press reports on a threat to Belfast plane maker Bombardier from the United States rival Boeing. Bombardier is one of the largest manufacturing employers in N Ireland having taken over planemaker Shorts in 1989. For a time it had an operation (design

The UK Guardian newspaper reports on the row over the Breton child who can not have his name registered because it the contains a tilde. The registrar in Quimper has ruled the character ñ was incompatible with French national law. The issue had