Militarism: A Small Ray of Sanity

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE MILITARISM: A SMALL RAY OF SANITY Militarism is very much to the fore these days throughout the UK and the Isle of Man. There’s a veritable ‘orgy of events’ taking place to commemorate the two world wars. Not

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Drone Protesters in Court in Wales

August 7, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Four women have appeared in Court in North Wales charged with painting ‘anti-drone graffiti’ at Llanbedr airfield in June. The women were part of a group which has painted slogans and displayed protest banners at the airfield following

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Heath: Rot at the Heart of the British Establishment? What’s New!

August 6, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Good to see that the focus is on the late British PM Edward Heath and allegations of child abuse some of them going back decades. With no less than five police forces now conducting investigations, not to mention

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Irish Navy Deploy Second Vessel for Migrant Rescue

July 12, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Irish Naval Service vessel LÉ Niamh left Cork this weekend for the Mediterranean where she will take over the migrant rescue role already being undertaken in that area by the LÉ Eithne. Since being deployed to the

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The Irish – British Military Training Agreement

January 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE PEACEKEEPING BASED ON THE RULE OF LAW vs. AN ‘INHERITED CULTURAL DNA’ BASED ON COVERT AND OFTEN UNLAWFUL ACTIONS “Katsumi Ishizuka’s careful and reflective study of Ireland and international peacekeeping makes an important contribution to our understanding in

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Celtic League Irish Branch Slam British Irish Military Pact

January 20, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Irish branch of the Celtic League (An Conradh Ceilteach) has placed on record its formal opposition to the new British – Irish military training agreement. In a letter to the Office of the Taoiseach the Convenor of

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League Condemn Irish British Military Training Agreement

January 18, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League expresses its grave concern over a military training agreement to be signed between United Kingdom and Irish Ministers later this month. The Celtic League are well aware of the high reputation and integrity that Irish

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Forget the Charges, Taxes, Privatisations the Military Pantomime is Secure

January 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Hardly a day goes by on the Isle of Man without new charges or costs being laid off by Central government on the general populace. Children now are charged to travel on school buses with similar charging mooted

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Opposition to British Irish Military Agreement

January 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE An agreement to be signed later this month which will ostensibly see Irish troops train British Army troops in ‘peace-keeping duties’ has drawn swift criticism from the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA). Spokesperson Roger Cole said: “We are

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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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