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Changes to Celtic League Website

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Following on from the Celtic League’s highly successful AGM in Dublin, a number of important changes have been made to the League’s website and related news and information management.

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Celtic League Congratulates SNP Leader on Election Victory

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The General Secretary has written to the Leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, congratulating her on the momentous victory achieved by the SNP in yesterday’s United Kingdom general election.

The SNP took 56 of the 59 Westminster seats in the election and virtually wiped out all the other mainstream Westminster parties in Scotland:

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CPT Asked to Seek Information of Death in Custody

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The Celtic League has asked the CPT to seek a report from Scottish authorities into a death in custody at a Police Station in Fife over the weekend (see below):

“Mr Hugh Chetwynd
Head of Division
CPT Secretariat
Council of Europe
F67075 Strasbourg Cedex
FRANCE

7th May 2015

Dear Sir,

I refer the Committee to death in Police (Scotland) Custody of 31 year old Sheku Bayoh.

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DHA Heed Celtic League Call: No Cuts to Emergency Services Says Minister

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The Celtic League welcome the positive statement from Department of Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson that there will be no cuts to emergency services (see link).

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Irish Sea Sub/MFV Collision Update

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There may be some new evidence in relation to the suspected collision between a submarine and a motor fishing vessel in the Irish Sea off the west coast of the Isle of Man two weeks ago.

The Celtic League has had reports that the damaged net from the Co. Down trawler Karen has been recovered so analysis of this may provide more accurate data about what Nation was responsible for the incident.

National Mills Weekend is an annual festival organised to celebrate the UK's milling heritage, but there's also a great opportunity to experience the fascination of a working mill here on the Isle of Man.

Rarely open to the public, Kentraugh Mill is owned by Canon John Sheen and his wife Elizabeth, who inherited the building from her father, Mr R. M. Nuttall. The miller's house was bought by Mr Nuttall in 1965, but he was astonished to discover that the now derelict mill (which he thought was a garage) was part of the deal.

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Mann: Full Response from DED On AGM Concerns

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The Minister for Economic Development Laurence Skelly has responded, in detail, to concerns raised by the Celtic League about the Manx Shipping and Aircraft registry following a resolution adopted at the League’s recent AGM held in Dublin (see link).

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Legislative Council – The Rotten Borough of Manx Politics

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The Manx media – god bless them – tried to make it interesting but in reality the latest attempt by the House of Keys to elect members to fill vacant seats in the Legislative Council was about as interesting as ‘four bald men fighting over a comb’.

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‘Grabbing The Headline’ without Even Trying

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This morning two totally unrelated items on Manx Radio which did not involve actions initiated by the Celtic League suddenly found the Celtic League propelled headlong into them.

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Unresolved Burglaries Can Lead to More Sinister Crime

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Just how evil and malevolent a crime burglary is was demonstrated in Co. Down over the weekend when three very elderly pensioners were locked in a room of their house undergoing a terrifying ordeal whilst thieves ransacked the premises (see link).