Month: May 2019

Comprehensive report here from Ewan Gawne Local Democracy reporter on Manx Radio over the Celtic League campaign to end the use of Ronaldsway for training purposes by Saudi Air Force personnel based at RAF Valley as part of the UK Saudi Defence deal.

A challenge is being mounted in the Irish high Court to the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry Bay. At its AGM in Glasgow in October 2018 last year the Celtic League adopted a resolution calling for a ban on kelp dredging planned

Julie Blackburn (at IOM Today) poses an interesting dilemma for ‘the Green Howard’ (aka the Manx Chief Minister) in this article about the environmental pollution caused by Cruise Ships which she describes aptly as floating monsters: http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm… Howard’s alter ego Treasury Minister Alf

New York Times reporter Ian Urbina is in touch to say that he plans a further series of articles in the series ‘The Outlaw Ocean’. Celtic League cooperated with Ian when he published his first articles four years ago. He highlighted the rampant

Ireland’s Minister with Responsibility for Defence Mr. Paul Kehoe T.D, in the presence of An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, T.D., hosted the naming and commissioning ceremonies of the new Irish Naval Service vessel L.É. George Bernard Shaw recently at Waterford. The L.É. George Bernard

Young people in Ireland protesting over climate change have given a firm slap down to politicians trying to climb on the ‘bandwagon’ they started. There have been similar displays of political opportunism across Europe with politicians trying to associate themselves with school and

A disappointing response from the Manx (Isle of Mann) Chief Minister over our request that he ask the RAF to preclude Saudi Air Force personnel training on Hawk aircraft at RAF Valley in Wales from utilising the Isle of Man Civil Airport at