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Media release from the Celtic League:

Celtic League call for international  negotiation to resolve Rockall dispute

News from the Celtic League:

The Celtic League has called for international negotiation in regard to the Rockall fishing dispute:

CELTIC LEAGUE CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION TO RESOLVE ROCKALL DISPUTE

There has been some comment in the press recently about threats to those fishing within the area of Rockall. Rockall is an uninhabitable granite isle and is the eroded rump of an extinct volcano  located in the north of the Atlantic Ocean. It stands to a height of about 56.3ft ( 17.15 m), is some 80ft (25 m) wide and is 100ft ( 31 m) long at its base. The United Kingdom claimed Rockall in 1955 and incorporated it as a part of Scotland in 1972.

Recently Transceltic published an article on the history of the founding of Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and its founder William Hillary (4 January 1771 – 5 January 1847). The bravery of the volunteer crew of lifeboats can never be underestimated. Motivated by the selfless aim to save lives, the RNLI has saved some 140,000 lives since its foundation, at a cost of more than 600 lives lost in service.

News from the Celtic League:

The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) were crowned winners of the Netball Europe Open Championship 2019 on 12th May. Manx Netball (Manx: Lieen Vluckan Mannin) secured the title after a victory over the Republic of Ireland by 57-45. The victory of the Manx nation's netball team means the Island will obtain their first world ranking in June. The European association (Netball Europe) was originally established in 1989/90 from a development within the International Netball Federation (INF) which created five regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

News from the Celtic League:

The article below from the Celtic League points to the environmental pollution caused by large cruise ships. This comes at a time when some in the Celtic nations are promoting the economic benefits in terms of increased tourism that these visiting ships could bring. However, it would come at a price:

‘FLOATING MONSTERS’ HOW APT!

News from Mec Vannin - The Manx Nationalist Party:

News from the Celtic League:

Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He died on this day five hundred years ago.