N Ireland Child Poverty Worsens

December 6, 2011

“At times the Pan Islands British-Irish Council seems at a loss to find a positive role. The Celtic League believes it should turn its attention to tackling the major scandal of child poverty which blights the life of young people throughout these Islands.”

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Police Officers Sign Up To Learn Language

September 14, 2011

The police service in the north of Ireland is heeding the call from the Celtic League to promote Irish language classes to its police officers, amid the launch by the (NI) Culture Minister of a new project to boost the Irish language, in

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US Leagal Move By British Government Threatens Oral History Projects

August 31, 2011

US LEGAL MOVE BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT THREATENS ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS The outcome of a case currently before a US Federal District Court could have major implications for oral history projects generally and be especially damaging to the gathering of oral input from participants

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More Light Shed On UDR’s Murky Record

August 26, 2011

New documents uncovered by the Pat Finucane Centre indicate that the British Army were well aware of the nature and extent of infiltration by loyalist paramiltaries of the Ulster Defence Regiment. The papers also reveal that a SDLP member Michael Canavan tried to

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Ireland: Magaberry Prison Concerns

July 14, 2011

The Celtic League has addressed a query to Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford MLA about conditions for some prisoners at Maghaberry Prison. The move comes following receipt of a press statement from Republican Sinn Fein which seems to imply that a fairly

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Oral History Probe May Uncover the Unexpected

May 20, 2011

US Federal authorities acting on behalf of the United Kingdom government are seeking access to a University oral history project in the United States as part of an investigation into deaths in Northern Ireland forty years ago. In the late 1990s as the

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Militarisation of Young People Commissioners Response

May 20, 2011

There has been a response from the Childrens Commissioner for Wales to our query about the militarization of young people (see link): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3624 “Dear Mr Moffatt Thank you for your letter dated 1 April 2011 in which you refer to your correspondence with

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