HMIC Pressed on Nuclear COP Misconduct Allegations

January 1, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) asking about allegations of misconduct and impropriety aired in the media in 2013 concerning the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC). The CNC is an armed police

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MOD Query on Troops Who Abscond Whilst Facing Criminal Charges

January 1, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the Ministry of Defence asking a number of questions about the procedure and policies pursued when a soldier released into military custody by a Court absconds. The move follows earlier unsuccessful attempts

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Manx Government Respond On Heysham Reactor Restart Concerns

December 10, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Manx Government has responded to queries from the Celtic League about the decision of United Kingdom nuclear regulators to authorise a restart of a nuclear reactor at Heysham 1 Nuclear Power Station. The League wrote to the

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UN CRC Lobbied on Military Cadets Issue

December 9, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE UN CRC LOBBIED ON MILITARY CADETS ISSUE The Celtic League has written to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the operation by the United Kingdom (UK) of military cadet forces which recruit children

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Ukranian Aircraft On Manx register Querry

December 7, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has asked the Isle of Man Minister for Economic Development for an update on press reports two months ago suggesting aircraft belonging to former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych had been transferred to a Manx-based

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IMO Queried on Members Obligations

December 4, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has sought clarification from the IMO about members of its present governing Council who have announced Search and Rescue restrictions in the Mediterranean area. The move has recently been criticised by UN Special Rapporteur for

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Celtic League GS Urges Taoiseach to Act Over Torture Case

December 1, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE As the deadline for Ireland the reopen a ECtHR torture case, involving internees in the north of Ireland in the early 1970s, fast approaches the Celtic League General Secretary (GS) has written to the Taoiseach urging action. “A

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Irish Government Urged to Act Torture Case

December 1, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE IRISH GOVERNMENT URGED TO ACT TORTURE CASE The Celtic League has written to the Irish governments Justice and Foreign Affairs Departments (Ministers Flanagan and Fitzgerald) expressing support for a new approach to the European Court of Justice over

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Heysham Reactor Restart Concerns

December 1, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has asked the Manx government if it has expressed any reservations or enquired into the decision of the UK ONR to allow Heysham nuclear plant to resume operations (see correspondence below): “The Isle of Man

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IAEA Quized on Nuclear Ship Fire

November 27, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the Director General of the IAEA asking what steps (if any) it will take following a hazardous incident last month when a ship carrying hazardous nuclear waste caught fire while on passage

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