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Disturbing Document Reveals British Army Target Deprived Youngsters

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France: Solid Support for Minority Language Rights

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There has been huge support from across France for the ‘official recognition’ of ‘regional’ languages.

72% of those polled say that they are “favourable” to the official recognition of ‘regional’ languages, according to the Ifop poll for Ouest France.

18% of respondents say they are “very favourable” to that recognition, while only 6% of them declare themselves “completely against”.

A panel of educational experts added their voices to the growing chorus of ­­­­­Welsh language activists who have called for making Welsh a medium of instruction in primary and secondary schools in Wales. If this were to happen it would have huge consequences, not only for the future of the Welsh but for all the Celtic tongues. The announcement came at the recent opening of the Urdd Eisteddfod, the annual Welsh-language youth festival of literature, music and performing arts.

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‘Fun’ in the Military Reserves? We Don’t Think So!

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‘Revelations that MOD sifted through bins at inquest on military reservists who died on training exercise’

When the British Army were touting for reservists on the Isle of Man earlier this year in an interview with Manx Radios Head of News Marian Kenny (which was broadcast several times) reference was made by the Officer being interviewed to the ‘fun’ time that could be had in the military reserves.

In conjunction with Waterloo 200, the Isle of Man Post Office will be presenting a set of four se-tenant pairs of stamps in celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

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MEP Daughter of Seán Ó Riada Calls for Irish Music Initiative

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Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ní Riada has written to Ireland’s Minister for Communications to call for more Irish music to be played on radio stations in the Country.

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More Bad News for DHA over Privatisation Strategy

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Bad news for Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Minister Juan Watterson MHK who currently has a consultation ongoing concerning the possible the privatisation of some police services.

Watterson’s plans, it seems, include replacing police in roles such as the custody of prisoners by private companies.

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An Post Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Yeats

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The Irish Postal Service, An Post, has unveiled a new 68c stamp to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the birth of W.B. Yeats.

Yeats was undoubtedly a world class literary giant and one of the foremost writers and poets of the 20th Century. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

The launch of the new stamp, which was accompanied by a first day cover with lines from one of his poems, took place in Sligo.

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Scottish Parliament Urged to Recognise Rising Leader

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The former Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill, has called on the Scottish Parliament to officially recognise and commemorate the role of Scots born James Connolly, one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

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Selling Cornwall for Queen’s Pound!

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