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ALBA: LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE REFERENDUM IMPRESSIVE

Secretary of the Manx branch of the Celtic League, Roy Kennaugh, has written to Scotland ’s First Minister extending congratulations on her appointment.

The Manx Secretary says the level of engagement of the people of Scotland in the recent referendum was impressive.

The text of his letter is set out below:

“Dear First Minister,

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RENEWED NUCLEAR FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS

The Celtic League has once again raised the issue of fire safety at nuclear installations with the Office of the Nuclear Regulator.

The latest concern follows news about a fire in part of Dounreay’s Prototype Fast Reactor last month which resulted in a release of radiation. The fire led to the sites operators being served with an improvement notice by nuclear regulators.

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MANX GOVERNMENT PENSION POLICY CRITICISED

Government ineptitude over the handling of public sector pensions was criticised at the recent monthly meeting of Mec Vannin, the Manx Nationalist Party.

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CHRONICLES AND OTHER CAMPAIGNS

The recent post about the Chronicles of Man provoked several queries from CL News readers in Wales , Ireland and Scotland seeking more detail.

Information on the Chronicles and the other artefacts which the Celtic League campaign on, including the Lewis Chessmen (Alba), Por Aorelian (Breizh) and the Gold Cape of Mold (Cymru) go to our website at:

http://celticartefacts.yolasite.com/éire-ireland.php

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SPEAKERS LINED UP FOR 2015 ILLIAM DHONE

The line up of speakers for the National Illiam Dhone Commemoration was finalised at a meeting of Mec Vannin on 27th November.

This year’s speakers are:

Cesar Joughin – Manx Oration
Alistair Kneale – English Oration

Cesar is the son of well known Manx musicians Greg and Hilary Joughin and Alistair Kneale organises and supplies contributions to the web-site TRANS-CELTIC.

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NATIONALISTS CONDEMN POST OFFICE PLANS

The Manx Nationalist Party, Mec Vannin, has condemned plans by the Manx Government to close main Post Offices in Douglas and Ramsey and franchise them out to a private sector retail business.

At its monthly meeting on Monday 27th November the party approved the following motion:

“ Mec Vannin views the decision of government to close major Post Office retail facilities in Douglas and Ramsey with concern.

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IRISH GOVERNMENT PRESSED ON SELLAFIELD PONDS DANGER

Following the revelations in the Ecologist magazine about the dilapidated and dangerous nature of storage ponds at Sellafield the Celtic League has raised the issue with the Irish government.

Ireland (via various agencies) has an agreement on exchange of information and access to Sellafield.

The League has asked if Irish officials had access or information about this issue;

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NEW SELLAFIELD CONCERNS

The Manx branch of the Celtic League is to ask the Manx government what representations to the United Kingdom are ongoing following revelations last month about the hazardous nature of storage ponds at the Sellafield Plant. The issue was discussed at the (November 2014) monthly meeting of the branch

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LEAGUE BRANCH EXPRESS TERRITORIAL SEA AND SEABED CONCERNS

At this months meeting of the Manx branch of the Celtic League concern was expressed about the total disregard shown by the United Kingdom to Manx territorial integrity under the United Convention on the Law of the Seas.

It was agreed that the branch would ask the Celtic League General Secretary to approach the relevant United Nations bodies responsible for overseeing UNCLOS.

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CONGRATULATIONS NICOLA! MANX BRANCH WELCOME APPOINTMENT OF NEW FIRST MINISTER

The Celtic League Manx Branch is to write to Nicola Sturgeon MSP congratulating her on her appointment as First Minister of Scotland.

The proposal was one item of a range of both National and Inter-Celtic issues discussed at the November meeting of the branch.