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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.

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Scotland: The Broadcast Media – Propaganda and Professionalism

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The BBC’s Reporting Scotland was voted as TV news programme of the year for 2014 by the Royal Television Society this month. However, its coverage of the Scottish referendum campaign last year was dogged by controversy and accusations of bias.

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Scots in South America – The Forgotten Diaspora

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Our article on the Patagonian Welsh Diaspora has provoked some quite speedy and positive feedback.

One of the most interesting comments came from John Fitzpatrick (from São Paulo in Brazil) who helpfully enclosed a link to an article he had written on ‘SCOTS IN SOUTH AMERICA – THE FORGOTTEN DIASPORA’.

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Mann: Is ‘Eat or Heat’ the Choice Facing Some?

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The growth of food banks across in the United Kingdom in recent years proceeded exponentially as the Lib-Tory coalition government introduced ever tighter austerity measure.

It seems highly likely that now the United Kingdom has a Tory majority government committed to greater austerity food banks will continue to expand to meet a growing need in deprived communities throughout Britain.

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Dungavel: Protests over Immigrant ‘Prison’ Continue

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There has been a large protest at the Dungavel immigration removal centre at South Lanarkshire in Scotland.

Over 400 protesters from religious groups, trade unions and human rights bodies gathered outside the centre yesterday. The President of the Scottish Trade Union Council, Lawrence Mawson, told the protesters:

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Liverpool Monument to Patagonian Settlers

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One of the least well publicised of our Celtic League branches is our Patagonian Branch (Argentina) which was established some years ago.

The Celtic League has long had connections with Argentina and for many years Alan Heusaff (former General Secretary) who administered the International branch told me that a goodly proportion of its substantial membership at that time were from Argentina (22 in the City of Buenos Aires alone).

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Meltdown at Manx Radio?

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The Manx social media (Twitter) site ‘MANX MEDIA WATCH’ is carrying an item about rumoured problems at Manx Radio (quote):

“Hearing that a senior news reporter at Manx Radio is thinking of leaving. Some sort of meltdown is doing on up at Douglas Head.”