Mann: What Are the MoD Paying DoI Asked

September 19, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League have written to the DOI Director of Ports asking what monies are paid by the UK Ministry of Defence for the use by RAF training aircraft which use Ronaldsway regularly. Hawk trainers from the RAF

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MoD Emerges Unscathed From Sub Debate

September 18, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The link below is to a parliamentary debate on the interaction between submarines and motor fishing vessels (MFVs) https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2015-09-16a.362.0&s=speaker%3A25305#g362.2 It presented a real opportunity for MPs from Scotland and the North of Ireland to get answers about the

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More Reports of Submarine Encounters

September 11, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Just day after the British Ministry of Defence indicated that one of its submarines snagged the N. Irish MFV Karen more evidence of RN submarines failing to carry out safe operating procedure has come to light. The Irish

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MoD to Attend Inquest into Loss of Bugaled Breizh

July 19, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The BBC in Cornwall is reporting that the Ministry of Defence will attend the inquest that the Coroner for Cornwall is undertaking into the loss of the Breton trawler Bugaled Breizh. This is an important development and one

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Another File on CR Gas Found But One Still Closed

July 8, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In December of 2014 we wrote to the British Government seeking information held by the British Government on ‘Operation Pagoda’ which was a code name given to the use of CR Gas in Northern Ireland. There are a

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Defence Ministers Responds to Irish Branch Concerns Over Military Pact

April 7, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Ireland’s Defence Minister has responded to concerns expressed by An Conradh Ceilteach (the Irish Branch of the Celtic League) when a Defence Agreement (memorandum of Understanding) was signed, in January 2015, between Ireland and the United Kingdom. The

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Astonishing Admission About Records as MoD Respond Over Abuse Claims

April 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Ministry of Defence has responded to a series from the questions from the Celtic League about the payment of millions of pounds to settle abuse cases involving the military cadet forces (see link): https://www.celticleague.net/news/defence-sec-asked-why-mod-paid-hush-money-in-abuse-cases/ At the time

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Home Office Respond on Cadet Abuse Hush Money

March 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has received a response to correspondence sent to the Home Secretary about the Ministry of Defence paying ‘hush money’ to cover up abuse scandals involving the military cadet forces. https://www.celticleague.net/news/theresa-may-quizzed-on-actions-she-has-taken-over-cadet-abuse-allegations/ Although the response does not

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Definitely No Overflight by Russians Say MOD

February 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE DEFINITELY NO OVERFLIGHT BY RUSSIANS SAY MOD The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence are insisting Russian Aircraft which transited around the west of the British Isles recently before did not overfly southern Cornwall despite media claim to the

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Defence Sec Asked Why MOD Paid Hush-money in Abuse Cases

January 30, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE DEFENCE SEC ASKED WHY MOD PAID HUSH-MONEY IN ABUSE CASES The Celtic League have written to United Kingdom Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, MP, asking why his Department hushed-up a scandal involving allegations of physical and sexual abuse in

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