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The participation of England’s football team in the football world cup is known to increase cases of domestic violence and tragically, the police have now launched a murder investigation following the death of a 49 year old man in Brixham, Devon following a football match between England and Belgium.

Sadly, the instances of abuse aimed at anyone declaring themselves Cornish or indeed, failing to show open support of England’s football team has also increased.

I pressed the Irish government some weeks ago following concerns that the treatment of migrant fishermen in the Irish Fishing Industry was exploitative.

This is of course a problem across Europe (and Globally) but Ireland did try to take steps some years ago to address it - apparently to no avail (see link):

http://www.transceltic.com/blog/irish-government-should-act-over-traffic...

A call for the protection of traditional rights to harvest wild seaweed has been made by the community group Coiste Cearta Cladaí Chonamara. This has led to 17 applications for licences to harvest wild seaweed being put on hold after the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government accepted that seaweed harvesting rights already existed in coastal communities. The Attorney General advised that the Department should not licence harvesting in an area where a right already exists unless it can be certain it will not interfere with this right.

Discard Trago Mills 'clutter' and embrace indigenous languages!

Call to boycott Trago Mills.

Trago Mills boss says Welsh language signs are 'visual clutter' and Welsh medium education is damaging

Details and web links to the July Festivals in Canada can be found at Transceltic's Index of Celtic Festivals via the tabs above and attached links:

"a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal" (Michael Joseph)

"Speak the truth and only then can you be free of your chains". (Thomas Flamank)

As crowds gathered in commemmoration in St Keverne & Bodmin and amongst Cornish diaspora, 'Kernow Matters' Secretary Matt made a hard hitting and well received speech during the Bodmin ceremony attended by Cornish folks and supporters, local Councillors and Clergy, Bards of Gorseth Kernow and many others.

This was followed by singing including of 'Trelawny' and 'Bro Goth Agan Tasow' (Old Land of Our Fathers)

I often think when I visit the ruins of the Keeil at Eary Cushlin that the ‘Christians’ must have been tough men in those days. It wasn’t just the living conditions and the environment (grand in summer but pretty testing in winter I would imagine). It was also just the chance that a passing Viking longship whose crew had not heard the word might pop in!

That was real dedication and I bet their wasn’t much doing when they handed round the collection plate - if they did back then - still!

The decision made by the British government yesterday not to sanction the building of a proposed £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay has been widely criticised in Wales. The scheme off Swansea Bay had £200m backing from the Welsh Government. Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has condemned the decision not to go ahead with the scheme.

Although the Westminster Government and Cornwall Council seem completely unaware of it, public concerns over the growing urbanisation of Cornwall continues to grow.

Never before have we witnessed so many protest sites occurring on social media accompanied by condemnatory postings.

PAG are holding a meeting this week at which alternatives to the NHS will be outlined. There’s the detail as always Manx Radio which at something of a loose end as MHKs and MLCs pack up their buckets and spades and swimming trunks for the long break has so far managed to turn this into several news items. I feel a sense of dread that more media ‘quackery’ will follow.

I’m less concerned by the impact of media quacks though than any 'reforms' in this direction that David Ashford MHK (Health Minister) deems worthy of sending our way.