Month: June 2019

A criticism of pay and conditions in the Irish Defence Forces which was said to be threatening recruitment and effectiveness has been rejected by the Department of Defence. Retired officers broke with convection to air their concerns reported by several media sources including

The North Wales edition of the Daily Post has a feature on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 which of course cause widespread pollution across Europe and into Western areas of Britain, The Isle of Man and Ireland. Many of the restrictions on

Merco Press have this report (which I sourced at Crown Dependency News) on the UN Chagos vote. The Celtic League has campaigned on the issue for over twenty years and trust that this latest move will bring closer the day that Chagos Islanders

Rights activists supporting indigenous people in Colombia whose land is being exploited by one of the largest open cast coal mines in South America have been threatened. The ‘Stop Blood Coal Alliance’ has said that it is “extremely worried” about the safety of

Despite our own ‘Mr Blusters’ (The Chief Minister) dismissal of concerns over Saudi training facilities on Mann the reality is that children are suffering and dying every day because of the War in Yemen. Let’s be clear it’s not just Saudi personnel trained

Allen Moore of Mannin branch Celtic League reports on the joint demonstration with another NGOs concerned about Yemen this morning. He avers the response from the pubic was heartening: “I represented the Mannin Branch of the Celtic League at this morning’s demonstration at

Protesters against the use of Ronaldsway Civil Airport by the RAF for the training of pilots (including personnel from the Royal Saudi Air Force) based at RAF Valley in North Wales were asked to remove themselves from the area adjacent to the terminal

The Celtic League have written to the Ministry of Justice which overseas links between the UK and the Dependencies seeking clarification of the the current Defence obligations of the Isle of Man. The League seek clarity on British Government ability to impose defence