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Straightforward Legislation to Stop ‘Keyboard Cowards’

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On the back of the Manx Treasury Ministers offer of a reward to catch an individual who sent a poison pen letter to his house threatening him and his family we highlighted the case of Irish politician Senator Lorraine Higgins.

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Minister Hastily Convenes Talks as Farmers Anger Continues

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Protests by farmers have continued, in Brittany and neighbouring Normandy today.

Major roads have been blocked (again) near Caen (Normandy) and the border between Brittany and Normandy at Mount Saint Michael.

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Celtic Congress on this Week in West Cork

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The Celtic Congress is being held this week in Ireland at Rosscarbery in West Cork hosted by the bodies’ Irish branch

The Congress, unlike the Celtic League, focuses on cultural issues relating to the Celtic countries and there will be a series of events throughout the week.

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Update: Senator Lorraine Higgins and the ‘Keyboard Cowards’

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A quick follow up to our piece on Lorraine Higgins a senator in the Irish Parliament and her stand against cyber-bullying and internet ‘keyboard cowards’

An Irish subscriber to CL news has sent us this link to an interview carried today by RTE with Ms Higgins

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Threats Over Proposed Bill to Tackle ‘Keyboard Cowards’

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Within hours of what we asserted yesterday i.e. that there is a linkage between anonymous online abuse and threats to politicians’, dramatic new allegations in Ireland seem to support such a corollary.

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Farmers protests in Brittany and Normandy Stepped Up

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The level of protests by Farmers in Brittany has been stepped up in recent days and parallels similar protests in other parts of France notably Normandy.

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Kincora: Spooks Keep the Lid on their Sleazy Past

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KINCORA: SPOOKS KEEP THE LID ON THEIR SLEAZY PAST

We have highlighted, on several occasions, the Kincora scandal in which young people detained at the children’s home in Northern Ireland in the 1970s were abused their and also allegedly trafficked to London to be abused by prominent establishment figures.

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Comparative Security of the Keyboard Encourages Abuse

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The Isle of Man is hardly a ‘hot-bed’ of political violence which makes it all the more surprising that the Manx Treasury Minister, Eddie Teare MHK, has had to offer a reward to try to catch the person who several months ago sent threats to his home address, obviously with the intent to intimidate both him and his family.

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Positive Response from Irish Government on Sub Safety Issue

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The Irish Foreign Minister has sent a positive response to a concern raised by the Celtic League about International Maritime Organisation Convention A709 (17) which govern the interaction of submarines and Motor Fishing Vessels.

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ILO Urged to Revise Flawed Worker Legislation

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We have followed up recent queries about seafarer terms and conditions globally with correspondence to the International Labour Organisation.

We have pointed to shortcomings identified in its ‘flagship’ seafarers terms Convention – The Maritime Labour Convention 2006.