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‘Case for Cornwall ’ Discontent

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‘Get real Cornwall Council’ say members of Kernow Branch Celtic League!

Senior members of Cornwall Council, a powerful unitary authority indeed and the de facto Government of Cornwall, have been touring the Duchy giving presentations to promote their ‘Case for Cornwall .’

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Mann: The Police Are Not McDonalds!

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LEGISLATION TO FRANCHISE SOME OF THE WORK OF THE POLICE FORCE REQUIRES ADEQUATE SCRUTINY

When Government consultative documents are slipped out during the TT period you can bet your life the Government is hoping for the most part they will remain undetected for a time by all but the most zealous.

Into such a category would appear to fall the Police Powers (Amendment) Bill 2015 which appeared this morning.

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Release Garda Files on Kingsmill Call

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The Celtic League, in the wake of last weeks BBC Panorama on collusion between the British security forces and paramilitaries, earlier today wrote to Secretary of State Theresa Villiers MP urging for all files on this dark period to be opened.

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Irish Naval Service in Forefront of Migrant Rescue Effort

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The Irish Naval Service, LÉ Eithne, which is on station in the Mediterranean as part of a multi-nation EU operation to rescue migrants undertook two rescues last week in which over 500 people’s lives were saved.

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Cyberbullying Claim Under Scrutiny

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Cyberbullying is a reprehensible activity and should always be cracked down upon promptly. Many social media sites have robust systems in place following criticisms in recent years to address the issue.

Recently a high profile case, however, has suggested it is not always as it is presented.

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Kincora Victim Seeks Judicial Review of Goddard Exclusion

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Some weeks ago we pressed the Goddard Enquiry into historic child sex abuse to extend its remit to the Kincora Home scandal in Belfast.

We had previously asked UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, to extend the remit of the enquiry by Justice Goddard but she had refused saying that matters relating to Kincora were a matter for the NI Assembly.

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After BBC Panorama League Say Open Files on Dirty War

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The Celtic League has written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers MP, following last weeks BBC Panorama programme which covered the extent of collusion between British security forces and paramilitaries in murders and bombings committed on both sides of the border during ‘the troubles’.

The League says:

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Mann: Chris Thomas MHK and Dunkirk

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With utility prices never more in focus across all the Celtic countries it was refreshingly pleasant to hear forceful questioning by Manx Radio reporter, James Davis, of outgoing Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Vice Chair Chris Thomas MHK on this morning’s Mandate current affairs programme.

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When the Media Becomes a Bear Garden People Get Bitten

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The media and comment in Scotland both pre and post referendum descended into something of a ‘bear garden’ and when the media becomes a ‘bear garden’ occasionally people get bitten.

Yesterday we published Dr. John Robertson’s forensic analysis of TV coverage in Scotland and Robertson makes no secret of the fact that BBC Scotland and its flagship news programme Reporting Scotland get, in his view, the lowest rating.

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Rising Documentary Will Highlight Its Significance for Peoples Globally

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The 1916 Easter Rising has almost always been documented as a unique episode in Irish history with its wider implications marginalised certainly in the British media.