Commercial activity makes the Irish Sea a dangerous playground for nuclear submarines

January 23, 2019

The incident recently reported (after a delay of several months) involving a Royal Navy nuclear submarine and a Ro Ro Ferry reminds us once again of the dangers posed by nuclear submarines activity in the confined area of the Irish Sea. The Irish

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Nuclear sub and Irish Sea ferry near miss highlights dangers

January 22, 2019

The near miss between a Ro Ro Ferry and a nuclear submarine in the North Channel highlights once again the danger posed by dived submarine operations in navigational choke points such as the North Channel and Pembroke Strait. Since nuclear submarine operations began

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Is the office for nuclear regulation up to the job?

January 21, 2019

Checking the ONR (Office for Nuclear Regulation) pages earlier for two incidents I could find no recent updates on them. The events I was interested in were an accident at Heysham (November) last year in which three staff were injured and also the

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The climate its news

January 21, 2019

RTE Ireland’s national public service broadcaster is to ramp up coverage of climate issues. “RTE has come under increasing scrutiny for its coverage of climate change in recent years. In 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report which suggested that the

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Brian Stowell a dedicated nationalist and proponent of the Manx language dies

January 21, 2019

I was saddened to hear of the death of Brian Stowell a great Manxmen and pivotal figure in the Manx language revival (report here from Manx Radio): https://www.manxradio.com/…/loss-of-giant-of-manx-language…/ Brian was active for many years in a number of inter-celtic organisations including the Celtic

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Isle of Man: It’s the topic in boardroom and bar room

January 17, 2019

The standard view it would seem throughout the land is this is not just the worst government in living memory but its arrogance is matched by its incompetence. I know that former Chief Minister Allan Bell averred that all governments get that appellation

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Wylfa plan put on back burner

January 17, 2019

As we suggested in the earlier post Hitachi has now confirmed a halt to its plan to develop a new build nuclear power plant at the Wylfa site on Anglesey: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46900918 The Celtic League welcome the news and hope the ‘pause’ becomes permanent.

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‘High Noon for Hitachi’ as new nukes maybe paused or scrapped

January 17, 2019

Celtic League policy adopted well over a decade ago seems to vindicated by recent uncertainties over new nuclear power stations. There is speculation that the new build nuclear reactor at Wylfa in N Wales may be paused of scrapped by Hitachi (reports here

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Ireland: Upland heath burning extension criticised by greens

January 17, 2019

This report at Green News ie expresses concerns of environmentalists about extensions to heath burning of uplands. The new regulations would allow an additional month of hedge cutting in August and an additional month of burning in March: https://greennews.ie/public-consultation-upland-burning-bo…/ Burning of vegetation in

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Ireland to open new Irish consulate in Cardiff

January 17, 2019

Ireland is to open a consulate in Cardiff in summer 2019. Part of the reason is maintaining future ties after Brexit. It is anticipated that the Consulate General would have an economic and political focus. The consulate is seen as an important  part

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