Month: October 2017

Sticking with the nuclear theme Transceltic highlights security problems at French nuclear plants this week after Greenpeace gained access to a plant in the N E of the country and set of a large firework. It’s not just environmental protesters however as in

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: This month marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Windscale Fire and the nuclear plant on the Cumbria coast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/windscale-britain-s-worst-ever-nucle… I’ve heard little mention of it from our media – perhaps I wasn’t listening close enough.

As the ethnic cleansing being carried out by the Burmese Army towards the Rohingya minority continues the Isle of Man is one of a number of countries to send financial aid This from the Isle of Man Government Cabinet Office: “The Isle of

The regular monthly peace vigil at Shannon Airport staged by protesters from ‘Shannonwatch’ who oppose the blatant abuse of Irish neutrality by the US military who use the Airport was hardly a boisterous affair, Approximately 20 demonstrators assembled and staged a quiet entirely

We published details some time ago in our ‘Ships of Shame’ series about the efforts of the International Transport Federation and RMT Trade Union to highlight low pay and ‘no pay’ on some foreign flagged vessels. We focused particularly on the plight of

The General Secretary of the Celtic League has written to the Spanish Ambassador in London to complain about the treatment of the Catalan electorate by the Spanish police services. The General Secretary informed the Ambassador (copying the Catalan Minister of Home Affairs into

The NATO naval exercise ‘Formidable Shield’ seems still be be ongoing although the action has moved to the area to the West of the Hebrides and North of Donegal. There was a brief hiatus a few days ago when a cluster of the

As NATO troops trumpet their peacekeeping credentials in States such as Afghanistan troops from a NATO member Spain have been deployed into Catalonia in a move that is likely to exacerbate tensions. The troops have been deployed to provide ‘logistical support’ to the

‘Under-replenishment in the Irish Sea and live firing North of Donegal’ The NATO military exercise Formidable Shield seems to be still in full swing in the Irish Sea and off North Donegal. After a closely choreographed series of manoeuvres in the area South

I was disappointed to read in one of the regular mailings I get from the Campaign Against the Arms Trade about a sponsorship tie up between the New Scientist magazine and companies like Shell and British Aerospace (BAE). New Scientist is a reputable