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Eddie Powers Crown Dependency website has the Manx police responding to a couple of items on social media that have generated concern of late (link):

https://www.facebook.com/crowndependencypoliticalnews/posts/194731213528...

Leaving aside ‘mad dogs’ the most serious item would seem to be a video purporting to show heavy handed restraint - something the police vehemently deny.

It's ironic that the British parliament should chose to honour Countess Markievicz this week given that just over 100 years ago they sentenced her to death for her part in the Easter Rising (link):

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/constance-markievicz-honoured-i...

The use of wild animals in circuses across Wales will be banned. A statement released this morning from the Welsh Government states: “The way animals are treated is an important reflection of society and over the next 12 months, a bill will be introduced to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses on welfare grounds.”  Animal welfare campaigners have hailed the decision as an important stand to stop the suffering of animals in circuses in Wales.

Stockbridge in Edinburgh became the gathering point for the Edinburgh Sunday Assembly. This is the first Assembly group in Scotland. The Sunday Assembly movement was founded by people who liked the elements of traditional worship and the community around it, but did not believe in God. So they created a movement which combined the parts they enjoyed without it being affiliated to any doctrine or religion.

Media Release from Culture Vannin:

Culture Vannin is pleased to announce the official launch of the on-line Manx Gaelic course, Glossika. Glossika is a team of linguists and polyglots based in Taiwan that are dedicated to changing the way people learn foreign languages: the aim is fluency through a natural immersion self-training method.

The Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site in County Meath (Contae na Mí) in the east of Ireland, is a remarkable place. It is famous for the three passage tombs, Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth, built some 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic or Late Stone Age. Ninety monuments have also so far been recorded in the area. Recently the exceptionally dry weather experienced in Ireland has provided the conditions necessary for the site of a hidden henge to be seen.

The International Celtic Congress (Breton: Ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, Cornish: An Guntelles Keltek, Manx: Yn Cohaglym Celtiagh, Scottish Gaelic: A' Chòmhdhail Cheilteach, Irish: An Chomhdháil Cheilteach, Welsh: Y Gyngres Geltaidd) is being held  in Quimper, Brittany on 16 - 21 July 2018. The International Celtic Congress is a cultural organisation that seeks to promote the Celtic languages of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. Its stated object is to "...

The recent heatwave in Ireland has played a vital role in the discovery of a possible ancient henge, or circular closure near to Newgrange. The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have hailed the archaeological feature at the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site in County Meath as "a very significant find".

The news (imparted by Manx Radio) that some obscure German University is placing Manx under the cultural microscope continues to fascinate me.

No hint of doom and gloom they other day when I get a missive from Adrian Cain announcing the production of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Manx so I was a little surprised to read this news item on Manx Radio:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-gaelic-features-in-...