Trawler Leviathan Has Got To Be Bad News For Fish Stock Sustainability

November 14, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The second largest trawler in the world the 143 metre Margaris which can catch and process 250 tonnes of fish a day is in waters to the North West of Donegal. I have been tracking the vessel all

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Michael Campbell Released From Jail!

October 3, 2013

NEWS FROM CELTIC LEAGUE Yesterday (2nd October 2013) prisoner Michael Campbell was released from custody and transferred to the Irish Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania where he is awaiting his repatriation to Ireland. Campbell’s release follows a Lithuanian High Court judgement, which ruled yesterday

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Letter Response Masks Weaknesses of Judicial System

September 20, 2013

NEWS FROM CELTIC LEAGUE In response to a letter from the Celtic League, the Deputy Minister of Justice for Lithuania has stated that if Irish prisoner Michael Campbell believes that ‘the actions or decisions in respect of him during the pre trial or

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Lithuania Urged to Review Campbell Case

August 7, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League have urged the Lithuanian government to use its period as presidency of the EU to do more that pay lip service to human rights. In correspondence to both the Ministry of Justice in Vilnius and

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Renewed Concern Over Irishman Held In Lithuania

September 8, 2010

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE RENEWED CONCERN OVER IRISHMAN HELD IN LITHUANIA The General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has written to the Lithuanian nauthorities once again to call for the improvement of the conditions of Irish prisoner Michael Campbell, who was arrested

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