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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Submarine Problem Resurfaces

April 21, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The recent incident involving a Motor Fishing Vessel and a Submarine of the west coast of the Isle of Man reminds us that sadly a problem that fishermen knew only to well in the 1980s is back to

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Cold War Undersea Menace Returns to Haunt Fishermen

March 25, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Just two months after we speculated that increased tension between NATO and the Russian Federation could lead to deadly undersea activities which would pose a renewed threat to fishermen the first incident appears to have occurred. Last week

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Ceremony Will Remember Fishermen Victims of Sub Incident

January 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE This weekend (Sunday) there will be a ceremony held in Brest/Loctudy to commemorate the crew of the Breton trawler Bugaled Breizh which was sunk off the Lizard on January 18th 2004. The tragedy has long been surrounded by

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As East West tensions Rise Will Deadly Undersea Menace Return

December 2, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE AS EAST WEST TENSIONS RISE WILL DEADLY UNDERSEA MENACE RETURN It is reported that Russian military incursions into the waters around the NATO countries are on the increase and if there is one thing that the lesson of

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Submarine Narrowly Misses Fishing Boat off Coast of Ireland

December 21, 2013

NEWS FROM CETIC LEAGUE The appearance of a submarine off the coast of Donegal coast in Ireland/Eire this week, narrowly missing a fishing boat, prompted a plethora of enquiries from journalists wanting to speak with the League’s Director of Information, Bernard Moffatt. Mr

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