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News from the Celtic League:

The French courts have dealt another blow to attempts by the family members of those lost on the Breton trawler Bugaled Breizh to get justice in France.

Eleven years of efforts to get some closure and explanation via the French system came to an end when the Appeal Court in Rennes rejected an application.

News from the Celtic League:

Whale watching is a growing eco-tourism asset globally and in recent years its potential has been recognised around the shores of these Islands.

Mann has had its basking shark project for many years and more recently Ireland has been actively promoting its so called ‘Atlantic Way’ project down the West coast from Donegal to Kerry an interaction of tourism, the stunning coastline and marine life.

Now in its eleventh year, Praying the Keeills Week invites everyone to participate in one of the many events lined up for what has become a unique part of the Manx calendar.

A keeill is the local name which describes a Christian chapel, many of which were built between the eighth and twelfth centuries across the length and breadth of the Island.

In a show of solidarity with their Celtic cousins in Cornwall both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales) supported an Early Day Motion in the UK Parliament against cuts to funding for the Cornish Language. The move comes as a response to an announcement from the UK Department for Communities and Local Government that Cornwall will no longer receive £150,000 a year to promote and support their ancient Celtic language.

The US Festival of Arts and Culture Celebration Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising continues at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The festival which is part of the global celebration of the Easter Rising is running from May 17–June 5, 2016. Under the title IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture, the event highlights Irish culture and its relationship to America.

News From Kernow Matters To Us:

Westminster appointed Planning Inspector sent down from Bristol shakes in anger!

As a protest occurred outside the Atlantic Hotel, Newquay, a furious row ensued inside as the Chair of Kernow Matters To Us (KMTU),  local Councillor Mike Chappell, crossed swords with the Westminster Government Planning Inspector sent down from Bristol to determine how many houses will be built in Cornwall by 2030.

News From The Mannin Branch Celtic League:

The Mannin branch Celtic League environmental spokesman, Allen Moore, has submitted comment to the consultation on the Inshore Marine Zoning Plan it is set out below. In line with a recent AGM resolution the League calls once again for more preference to be afforded to indigenous fishermen:

“Consultation on Inshore Marine Zoning Plan for the 0-3 Nautical Mile Area of the Isle of Man Territorial Sea

News from The Celtic League:

A crab boat which sank with the loss of three lives of the Hebrides has been raised by the MAIB so that it can gather a clearer picture of why the vessels foundered.

The Louisa sank on 9 April as it lay at anchor in calm seas off Mingulay in the Western Isles.

The bodies of two crew members have been found. The skipper is still missing and presumed dead.

News From The Celtic League:

Frongoch is a village in Gwynedd north Wales. It is located close to the market town of Bala. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.  There were approximately 1,800 Irish prisoners in Frongoch, including prominent Irish revolutionaries Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. Although enduring harsh conditions the Irish prisoners took the opportunity to exchange information and plan tactics for the next phase of the armed struggle for Irish freedom.

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