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Brittany is the Celtic Nation that hosts the Festival Interceltique Lorient. The build up to this years event which takes place from 7th - 16th  August continues. In 2015 the featured Celtic Nations are Cornwall (Kernow) and the Isle of Man (Mannin). The festival is a celebration of Celtic culture, language, song, music and dance with artists coming from all over the world to perform. See the Festival Interceltique Lorient website for more information.

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Military: The Media War!

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“The Army realised a long time ago that a gullible media produced a compliant public that was ‘on message’!”

With Military matters much to the fore of late I thought it best to adopt the old adage ‘know your enemy’, so I settled down for an evening’s reading with a few good books.

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Breizh: Lost Trawlermen’s Families Fight on with Final Court Action

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The family of the crew members lost when the Breton Motor Fishing Vessel Bugaled Breizh sank off the Lizard in January 2004 are to make one final effort to get legal redress.

There is a firm belief amongst both the families and those who have studied the disaster that it was linked to submarine activity during a NATO exercise at the time.

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Mann: DHA Seem Confident about Resolution of Burglaries Spate

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The League has had responses to a number of issues (involving road policing and burglaries) we raised with Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson following an interview he did with Manx Radio (Mandate) in early May.

CL News regulars will recall the Minister was a bit abusive about the Celtic League (see link) though the tone of his latest written response is much more measured.

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Subverting Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty Protocols to Allow Supranational EU Law on Same-Sex Marriage Throughout Europe

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One of the unconsidered and undiscussed consequences of redefining marriage and the family to cover same-sex couples in the Irish Constitution is that it would alter the politico-legal effect AT EU LEVEL of one of Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty Protocols.

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Demonstration in London – Saturday 20th June 2015

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Following a consultation of its full members conducted by the Kernow Branch of the Celtic League, it has been decided to join in a demonstration to commence at 12 noon on Saturday 20th June, 2015 from outside the Bank of England, Queen Victoria Street, London EC2R 8AH.

A number of high profile figures are scheduled to attend the event drawn from all parts of Britain and further afield including Welsh singer and song writer Charlotte Church.

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Kernow: Grateful Mum Says Thanks!

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The Kernow Branch of the Celtic League has received a message of thanks from the mother at the centre of a dispute with her childrens’ school.

Anna James and her children hit the headlines a few weeks ago when she withdrew her children from Bishop Bronescombe Church of England School near Wadebridge in Cornwall, in order to attend the ancient ‘obby ‘oss’ celebration in Padstow, against the direction of the school’s head teacher.

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Comprehensive Response to Leachate Landfill Query

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The DOI (Waste Management Section) have responded to queries the Celtic League raised about the disposal of leachate to the Marine Environment from a disused landfill site on the west of the Isle of Man (see link):

https://www.celticleague.net/news/mann-landfill-leachate-disposal-query/

The response is very comprehensive and is set out below:

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‘Narnia, a Land of Make Believe Where Story Telling Passes for News’

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One of the most remarkable things about the National (note I didn’t say nationalist) renaissance in Scotland is the manner in which news is now disseminated.

Faith in and the credibility of main stream media (MSM) is at an all time low.

No one, even some Unionists, now rate the BBC in Scotland and paradoxically it is only the SNP holding back from an all time assault on it that enables it to continue.

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Mann: British Military Launch Media Offensive

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New role for Manx reporters as military correspondents? Robert Capa ‘eat your heart out’!

The launch of the so-called ‘Military Reserve’ Force on the Isle of Man got underway today with a media ‘offensive’.