Month: November 2020

New routed direct to Europe to avoid delays at UK ports post Brexit reports the Irish Times: “British troops famously left through Dunkirk in wartime but the French port is to become a valuable entry point for Ireland into mainland Europe in the

“Twenty-four members of the United States Congress have called for a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. The solicitor was 39 when he was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries in his north Belfast home. His family have campaigned ever since for

Seeing the report on the forthcoming book launch recalling Paul Lebiedzinski and his poems I remember Paul also featured in a Foillan films production back in the 1980s. If I recall correctly it was Yn Gaaue (‘the smith’) about John Kneen. Foillan Films

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: It was with great pleasure that I read the news that a book of Paul Lebiedzinski’s poetry is to be published by Culture Vannin. Paul Lebiedzinski (1951-95), the greatest Manx poet of the 20th century,

We reported in November 2019 on the ‘Fishrot’ scandals involving exploitation of fishery resources by an Icelandic Company off Namibia: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2531975160184563&id=805941286121301 Now ‘Blue Planet’ has a report that the Dutch conglomerate Parlevliet & Van der Plas is involved in a corruption affair concerning

The super trawler MFV Dirk Dirk currently attracting attention off the West of Ireland is typical of this type of vessel. Its flag has been changed many times and its had ‘homes’ from the Faroes, Germany to Australia occasionally reverting to the Dutch

The Irish Examiner reports: “The Department of Defence has confirmed it intends to proceed with purchasing a new Multi-Role Vessel (MRV) for the Naval Service, which could be used as a hospital ship and would be capable of carrying troops and helicopters for

This month is the 60th anniversary of the ambush of Irish UN troops at Niemba in the Congo. The action occurred when a small patrol of 11 men were sent to open a road at a river crossing at Niemba. Nine of the

The Manx government assures us that the UK has no more territorial ambitions which has a certain resonance about it. Celtic League is quoted in this report by IOM Today: ’The English parliament at Westminster has driven a coach and horses through constitutional

On this day (17th November) in 1953 the Blasket Islands off Kerry were evacuated. They were not the first Atlantic fringe community to be forced out by a combination of population depletion, extreme weather conditions and changing lifestyles. St Kilda off the Hebrides