Celtic League Supports Catalunya

October 30, 2017

The Celtic League welcomes the news that Catalunya has unilaterally declared independence from Spain (27th October 2017) and now proposes to peacefully begin the process of implementation.   We now hope to see the smooth and peaceful transfer of legal powers from Spain

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GS Urges Minister to Stop Army Cadet Unit in Cardiff School

October 25, 2017

The General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has written to the Welsh government’s Education Minister to express his concerns about the creation of an army cadet unit at a school in South Wales. In his letter, the GS points out that the

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Spanish PM Reacts Badly to Belgian PM’s Comment on Catalunya

October 23, 2017

The Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel, provoked an angry reaction from his Spanish counterpart following his comments about the situation in Catalunya, as reported in a Belgian newspaper last Thursday (19th October). The daily Belgian newspaper ‘Le Soir’ (a Walloon and Brussels paper

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The danger on our doorstep

October 22, 2017

Sixty years after the great Windscale fire and subsequent pollution of a vast tract of N. England, Ireland and the Isle of Man comes a reminder of the unpredictable nature of this menace which we live with on our doorstep. “Explosive experts have

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Basque prisoners released after almost two decades

October 22, 2017

As the Spanish government squares up for conflict with the Catalan people some prisoners involved in the longest running campaign for independence from Spain in the Basque country are starting to be released. This week Arkaitz Saez and Aratz Gomez who were arrested

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Tireless researcher who exposed mass grave of Tuam home babies to receive human rights award

October 22, 2017

Catherine Corless the local historian from Tuam, Co Galway, who uncovered the scandal surrounding the death and burial of almost 800 children and babies at a ‘mother and baby home’ at Tuam is to be awarded a Human Rights prize. She will receive

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Mannin: Permits – Hospitality – Claw Back!

October 20, 2017

News from the Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: Two issues politically to the fore this week the minimum wage or its voluntary living wage alternative and the granting of ‘a shed load’ of work permit exemptions by DED to ‘the hospitality sector’.

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Scotland: Smacking to be banned

October 20, 2017

Physical chastisement of children is to be banned in Scotland following the SNP government’s indication it will support a private member’s bill by the Scottish Green MSP John Finnie: “The move would make the country the first part of the UK to outlaw

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Dublin rally in support of Catalan political prisoners on 22nd October at GPO

October 20, 2017

News from the Irish Branch of the Celtic League: A Chairde, bígí ann / be there! Dublin | Rally in support of the Catalan political prisoners Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, presidents of the ANC and Omnium (apolitical and pacifist organisations that are

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Observations from Catalunya

October 18, 2017

Iain McDermott was the official international observer for the Celtic League in Catalunya for the referendum vote on independence, which was held there on 1st October 2017. He travelled to Catalunya with his partner, Helen, on 29th September and stayed there until 4th

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