Month: January 2021

“Biden and Shannon airport -Time to ground Shannon stopover “Irish people scattered around the world welcome the transition in the USA to Irish-American President Joe Biden. However, Ireland is not the 51st state of the USA, or another one of its occupied territories.

Nation Cymru have an article sounding the alarm here about cuts to funding for the National Library of Wales. The National Library is not just an invaluable repository but also an iconic institution in terms of Welsh National identity. When the Celtic League

Casting around for some evening viewing after a day of futile news viewing (both domestic and International) I stumbled on a MUST SEE two hour video that’s been released by the courageous Russian anti corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. It’s called ‘Putin’s Palace’ and

As Scottish fishermen angrily demonstrated in London yesterday over the fall-out from the UK government’s Brexit deal in Ireland agreement was announced between the Dublin and Belfast governments on reciprocity for fishermen on the Island of Ireland in respect of landings. The move

The Council of Europe body which monitors prison conditions and police and other custody situations (the CPT) has responded promptly to the concerns forwarded earlier this week by the Celtic League over the Sheku Bayoh case. Mr Bayoh died while being restrained by

The Celtic League have written to the CPT to highlight new evidence relating to the death in custody of Sheku Bayoh: “FAO: FRANCESCA GORDON Dear Ms Gordon I contacted the CPT on behalf of the Celtic League in May 2015 in relation to

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Celtic League, which was founded in Rhosllanerchrugog, Cymru/Wales in 1961. As the General Secretary of the League, Rhisiart Talebot, said at the time of our fiftieth anniversary in 2011: “It remains a politically active organisation

I read with interest an item on the Isle of Man Ship Registry Site that a new seafarers ‘welfare app’ has gone live which should enable over 10,000 crewmen on Manx flagged vessels to access information, get advice and communicate concerns; https://www.iomshipregistry.com/…/iomsr-seafarer…/ ‘Everything

‘While sparks fly between Ireland and Scotland over Rockall the operators of the Super Trawlers are rubbing their hands with glee as their floating factories sweep the seas’ Fishermen from Co Donegal are showing remarkable restraint. After the Greencastle based MFV ‘Northern Celt’

The dispute about the isolated outcrop of Rockall which to a certain extent has been ‘parked’ diplomatically for years is live again after an incident between a Donegal MFV and a Scottish Fishery Protection Vessel earlier this week. The Greencastle based ‘Northern Celt’