EDF: All We Can Do Is Await The Inevitable Corruption ‘Easy Money’ Attracts

October 23, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE No doubt Laurence Skelly was pleased at his ability to steerthe legislation allowing for the establishment of the so called economicdevelopment fund (EDF) through Tynwald this week. As we reported earlier on CL News ‘the champagne corks willhave

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Champagne Corks Popping at ‘The Chamber’ as EDF Gets Green Light

October 23, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It’s a sign of the political hypocrisy of the times that in Tynwald (the Manx parliament) the concept of establishing a Manx cancer fund to provide the equivalent of the cancer drugs fund in England was considered prohibitively

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EDF: Consultation Should be Extended

September 4, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Today was the closing day for submissions on the consultation document issued by the Isle of Man Department of Economic Development on the governments Economic Development Fund. The EDF is quite a big deal for the Island in

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Inside Sellafield: But Don’t Mention ‘The Experiment’

August 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE BBC 4s well trailed documentary ‘Inside Sellafield’ told us nothing really new about the ghastly nuclear waste repository on the doorstep of several of the Celtic countries. The programme touched on the amateurish way the whole operation was

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HMIC Finally Respond on Nuclear Police Queries

April 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary have eventually responded to a query we raised with them last year in relation to Britain’s most secretive police force the Civil Nuclear Police. They apologised for the delay saying an earlier response

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AGM: Nuclear Waste Issues Under Scrutiny

April 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Environmental issues relating to the nuclear industry were down for discussion at the 2015 Celtic League Annual General Meeting in Dublin (10-12th April). The possible use of a decommissioned nuclear power station in Scotland for the disposal of

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Nuclear Cops Again Make Headlines For All The Wrong Reasons

March 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE A specialist UK police force which the Celtic League has unsuccessfully sought information about is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Civil Nuclear Constabulary is a ‘malicious’ body, that’s the claim of two

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The Civil Nuclear Police

March 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE BBC Scotland reports briefly on an incident involving the Civil Nuclear Police (CNC) and ‘the unintentional discharge’ of a Taser (link). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-31984370 The incident took place at Hunterston nuclear power plant in the CNC police station at the

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New Sellafield Reactor Poses Potential Risk

March 17, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Just days after we commented on the lack of firm opposition from the Manx and Irish governments to so called ‘new build’ nuclear plants a US Nuclear expert has warned about possible dangers. In our report on opposition

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CPT Asked to Consider Inspections of Nuclear Police

March 13, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has asked the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to consider extending the range of facilities it inspects in the United Kingdom to include the Civil Nuclear Police (CNC). The CNC has responsibility

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