Year: 2022

The United Kingdom has given notice that it intends to test weapons in the South Central Irish sea. The trials will be undertaken by Qinetiq which is the privatised firm that took over the ranges in West Wales from the Defence Evaluation and

Article here from Cornwall live shows what happened when a ‘local’ community is driven out by economic factors and how what was a thriving community dies: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cadgwith-fishing-cove-lizard-sense-7142719 This is what’s happening in Cymru, Breizh and Mann where local people are driven out by

A plan to develop an old British Army Camp at Penhale in Cornwall is under fire; the development proposes beach houses and holiday chalets. At the present time what Cornwall needs is homes for its indigenous population. The cliff top proposal has other

I was interested to read this on the news pages of Cymdeithas y Cymod, a Welsh peace group. It refers to the Welsh parliament setting up a cross party group on peace and reconciliation a few days ago. Interesting that when an MHK

“Thousands of red-clad Irish-language advocates marched through Belfast on Saturday afternoon to call for protections for the Irish language in Northern Ireland. “The march, which was organized by the Irish-language campaign group An Dream Dearg (the red group), has been described as the

My recent focus on women involved in the Celtic revival (circa 1900) invariably leads on to Inghinidhe na hÉireann which was more than just a female manifestation of the wider nationalist movement it was women throwing of the social chains that bound them

I stumbled on Norma Borthwick, a name unfamiliar to me when reading about the Irish literary figure Lady Gregory. Borthwick was employed by Lady Gregory as a tutor in the 1890s but was a figure in her own right in the Gaelic movement.

Sinn FéinA major success was Sinn Féin’s achievement in the Stormont Local Assembly in the North of Ireland, becoming the largest party in the Assembly. Under the system agreed in the Peace Process the nationalist or unionist party leader with the most seats

Its UNESCO WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY. The slogan they use is ‘journalism without fear or favour’. I knew one journalist who did not give in to FEAR and ultimately it cost him his life murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. I dealt with many journalists

Culture Vannin announces an award to a young person to as the news release says “will be made annually to the highest grading under-18 student in Teisht Chadjin Ghaelgagh (GCSE equivalent), in the Manx language. The first award will be made this year