Month: July 2021

The Celtic League submission to the ‘2021 ECOSOC High-Level Segment’ has been published. A letter to the General Secretary of the League has confirmed this. The submission was prepared for the Celtic League General Council by the Assistant General Secretary. It’s one of

The intervention by Eamon De Valera, the Irish Taoiseach that resulted in some of the last native speakers of Manx being recorded, was recalled at the British – Irish Council meeting last month. The Irish Independent reports: “Historically, there is much that unites

While the RAF uses the airfield at Valley in North Wales and the civil airport at Ronaldsway on the Isle of Man to train Saudi (and other Gulf state) personnel who are then used in the bombing of civilians its revealed cooperation goes

The decision of the UK government to stop releasing information on safety breaches and incidents involving the nuclear submarine fleet has been condemned by the Scottish Nationalist Party. Until 2017 reports were released but are now withheld on grounds of national security. In

I mentioned Father Raymand Murray and Father Denis Faul both campaigners for social justice and human rights in the six counties in an earlier post. I was influenced gratefully by pamphlets they wrote documenting abuses in the 1970s. I was very pleased to

The new Lt Governor of the Isle of Man has been appointed. These appointees are usually ex military types although there have been one or two from the UK diplomatic service in recent years including the current incumbent Richard Gozney. The new man

“Stop recruiting children, rights groups tell MoD” It’s Armed Forces Day, the culmination of a week of events in the UK. Our colleagues at ForcesWatch UK send through some materials that are currently being circulated by them and other groups such as the

Elms Issue Was a Triumph For Social Media – Going Forward It Needs To Be Bolder News from Mannin Branch Celtic League: Social media can be sectional or pursue a niche interest but now and again a situation comes along that seems to

My query to RAF Valley gets a swift response from the media communications Officer which impresses me. To date the record for responding to a Celtic League query has been held by the (then) Irish Foreign Minister Charles Flannagan TD in about six

The Celtic League has asked the RAF what payment it makes for the use of Ronaldsway IOM Airport (see below): “Subject: Use by RAF VALLEY Hawk based trainers of Ronaldsway Civil Airport (Isle of Man) “Dear Squadron Leader Williams. “I understand that the