Comin Urged To Support Standing Charges Moratorium And Inquiry

January 13, 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Further to the earlier post on this issue I have written to the Chief Minister urging him to prevail on all utilities that apply ‘standing charges’ as part of their billing structure to instate a moratorium whilst the

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EDF Queries Minister Responds

December 8, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE I wrote to the Economic Development Minister, Laurence Skelly MHK, in late November expressing reservations about the £50 million Economic Development Fund drawn from the Manx government reserves. The Minister has responded comprehensively. I don’t intend to comment

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Politicians Pensions: ‘Private and Confidential’!

December 8, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE I have eventually received a reply to the queries on MHK/MLCs pensions but it carries the heading ‘Private and Confidential’. So I’m afraid, Celtic League always being ‘proper’ in our correspondence with government departments, I can’t share the

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Irish Government Urged to Ban Foreign Flagged Super Trawlers

November 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Director of Information of the Celtic League, Bernard Moffatt, has written to the Irish government urging action to curb damage to fishery livelihoods and the marine eco-system of the west of Ireland caused by super trawlers. Two

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A Place Little Interested In The Past Facing An Uncertain Future

November 15, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There will be no fresh move on the Chronicles the Chief Minister has said. I had written to him following the news that the Scottish Government had managed to negotiate the return of several of its artefacts on

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Ireland: Fisheries Minister Pressed on Migrant Labour Abuse Allegations

November 14, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the Irish Fisheries Minister asking what steps he is taking to investigate abuse of migrant labour recruited in the third world on Irish fishing vessels. The League also intend to contact the

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Man: Government Urged to Follow Scots Example on Return of Artefacts

November 2, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has urged the Isle of Man government to make a further approach to the United Kingdom about returning ‘The Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles’ to the Island. The Chronicles are currently

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Heysham 1: Is it Safe Nuclear Regulator Asked

November 2, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the Acting Chief Executive of the Office of Nuclear Regulation querying the safety of continued operation of the Heysham 1 nuclear plant. Problems were indentified as long ago as 2007 with the

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OFT Respond on Manx Gas Queries

October 30, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE   Celtic League has received a detailed response which I include below from the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading on the Manx Gas issue. Mr Ball acknowledges concerns and says: “I do note your genuine concern

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Mann: Detailed Response From Minister on Ship Board Deaths

October 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE An extremely detailed response from Department of Economic Development Minister, Laurence Skelly MHK, to our query about deaths and injuries on Manx registered vessels. We submitted the query following the publication of the latest fatalities report involving the

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