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League Concerns Over Maghaberry Prison Vindicated

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November 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has been raising concerns about the situation for both staff and inmates at Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland for well over a decade. In that time we have repeatedly corresponded with Justice Minister at Stormont,

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League Follow-up on Prison Concerns

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February 8, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Council of Europe (CPT) and the United Nations Special rapporteur have been asked to inquire into circumstances at Maghaberry Prison. The correspondence from the Celtic League is a follow up to concerns raised with Justice Minister, David

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Irish Branch Questions Legality of Detention

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May 3, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS The Irish Branch of the Celtic League has written to the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Patterson MP, to express the concerns of members on the continued incarceration of Marian Price McGlinchey by the British authorities

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Maghaberry: Detailed response From Prison Service

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May 25, 2010

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has responded in some considerable detail to concerns articulated by the Celtic League about the situation surrounding the treatment of inmates at Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland. The Celtic League wrote to the former Northern Ireland Prisons

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Maghaberry Kernow Branch Protest at Prisoners Treatment

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April 12, 2010

The Secretary of the Kernow branch of the Celtic League expressed his concerns on behalf of the branch about possible human rights abuses taking place at Maghaberry Prison, Lisburn in the north of Ireland. Branch Secretary, Mike Chappell, has written to an array

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