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A tidal power scheme in the Inner Sound of Scotland's Pentland Firth has begun to generate electricity. The Pentland Firth (Scottish Gaelic: An Caol Arcach) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. The Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, is the water that runs between the north Scottish mainland and Stroma Island. The Atlantis MeyGen project's single turbine, the first of four 1.5MW tidal stream turbines that are to be installed in the Inner Sound, has been exporting electricity.

A new research report into the attitudes of the residents of Ireland towards the Gaelic tongue has disclosed a stunning level of support for the Celtic tongue.  The report, which is entitled “Céard é an Scéal? Public Opinions Towards the Irish-Language – Annual Analysis 2”, shows over 60% people in the South endorse the provision of all State Services in the Irish Language.

The poll also shows significant levels of support for Gaelic in Ulster with 41% endorsing increased opportunities for daily use of the Celtic tongue outside formal educational settings.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

Kernow

14 Mis Du 2016

A why agas oll wheg,

Steve Double MP

Please find a link to Steve Double MP's website which very importantly contains his official response to the Devonwall nonsense. We recommend to one and all that it be read and we thank Mr. Double for drawing this to our attention:

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

Kernow

12 Mis Du 2016

Devonwall

The unelected civil servants have gone and what a message they take with them! Speaker after speaker, some 50 of them, many of them our members, bravely walked to that lectern and whilst being filmed in conditions resembling a criminal trial, passionately argued for Cornwall, some speaking in our Cornish language - while only three speakers, all Conservatives, failed to speak out against a cross-Tamar seat

So what now?

Deemed the most prestigious awards ceremony in the traditional music calendar, sixteen awards will be presented to the best Scottish trad talent at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in a televised ceremony on the 3rd December, and amongst them will be a nomination with a Manx connection.

News from the Celtic League:

Not often we delve into the world of sport or soccer in particular but I came across this interesting item about an Irishman who was the first (Irishman) to captain Manchester United and who also and more significantly saved Barcelona football club from the attention of the fascist General Franco in 1936/37.

You could say Patrick O’Connell left his mark on the world of International football and up to now has been almost forgotten.

News from the Celtic League:

A petition has been started following a decision by Forth Ports to block a Greenpeace ship from berthing in the Port of Leith instead the vessel has had to anchor offshore.

The Esperanza, a former Soviet navy ship, which is the largest in the Greenpeace fleet, arrived in the Firth of Forth on Wednesday – it is believed its crew plans to stay in the estuary for one week.

As reported on the Breton website 7SEIZH a musical work sung in Breton is to be performed at the Sounds of the Cathedrals event, on 20 November in Phoenix Arizona, sponsored by Catholic Phoenix. Goulven Airault, choirmaster at the Cathedral Saint-Brieuc, composed "Lux Aeterna" for the program. He drew inspiration from the antiphonal church music of the Requiem Mass and the Breton anthem Kantik ar baradoz.

News from the Celtic League:

The death of an Egyptian fishermen working on an Irish trawler highlights “continuing issues that need to be addressed by the fishing industry and Ireland’s statutory agencies” according to the International Transport Workers Federation representative for Britain and Ireland, Ken Fleming.

The death occurred earlier this week on the MFV Endurance off SW Ireland.

An Garda Síochána (the Irish Police) and the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) have launched investigations into the death.

News from the Celtic League:

Interpol the International Criminal Police Organisation is in the news again for all the wrong reasons.

It’s speculated that the appointment of a Chinese national (Meng Hongwei) to head the body could cause problems. (Here’s a link):

http://www.thenational.scot/…/human-rights-worry-as-meng-ho…