Anger as Error Sees Manx Anthem Played at US Football Tournament

April 1, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There was an embarrassing faux pas at an International football tournament in the United States this weekend. As players from Argentina and El Salvador stood for their respective National Anthems stadium officials inadvertently substituted the Manx National Anthem

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Mann: Treasury Minister Gives 75 Year Olds a Financial Kicking

March 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There was understandable annoyance amongst some senior citizens on the Isle of Man about the government’s decision to phase out free TV licences for those over 75 years of age. In this regard the Island will now uniquely

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Half Manx Prison Population has Mental Health Isues

March 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There has been a shocking admission that half of the inmates of the Isle of Man Prison are suffering from mental health problems the Minister of Home Affairs, Juan Watterson MHK, provided the information in a written answer

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Crime Spree in North Wales Matches Manx Experience

March 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE CRIME SPREE IN NORTH WALES MATCHES MANX EXPERIENCE As the Isle of Man is shaken out of its relatively crime free idyll by a sustained series of what appear to be organised and coordinated burglaries a similar crime

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National Geographic Article Praises Language Revival

March 4, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE A major article in the National Geographic journal has hailed the success of the revival of the Manx language. A link to the article (together with a video feature) can be found here: https://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/20/manx-unesco-international-mother-tongue-day/ The article by K

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Manx Politics: The Coup That Never Was?

February 27, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It was less ‘the night of the long knives’ and more ‘the day of the blunt pens’. A government Minister has moved swiftly to deny a newspaper article that he and colleagues were conspiring against the Isle of

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Manx Budget: No Plan B No Plan at All!

February 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It is not a case of ‘there’s no plan B’ it seems there is no plan at all. When the Isle of Man budget was unveiled last week the Celtic League were bitingly critical of some aspects of

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Manx Government Respond on TV Licence Queries

February 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Communications Commission has responded to the query sent on 27th January 2015 to the Chief Minister, Allan Bell, MHK, (CM) raising a number of queries about broadcast licence fees levied in the Isle of Man. The full

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Manx Government Undergo Pauline Conversion – Perhaps!

January 30, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE On January 2nd 2015 at Hango Hill, Nationalist spokesman, Bernard Moffatt, said the Manx government’s austerity policy was out of control. He said: “You can go too far and I think people have just about reached breaking point”

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Manx Government Rethink Public Sector Pensions Strategy

December 10, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Manx government has put plans to make radical changes to public sector pensions on hold. Instead Tynwald (the Manx parliament) agreed there should be wide ranging consultation and negotiations with the staff involved. Last month the Manx

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