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Cymru: General Secretary Supports Campaigners Stance

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The Celtic League General Secretary (GS), Rhisiart Talebot, has spoken out in support of six Welsh Language campaigners who undertook a twenty-four hour hunger strike (starting yesterday) ahead of a vote on the Welsh Governments Planning Bill in the Assembly (see link).

The GS said:

“Impact assessments for new developments in Wales are essential, if the Welsh language is to be protected and promoted for the future.

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SNP and Plaid Cymru Back MK Call for a PEB

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Senior politicians from the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru have called on the BBC Director-General to allow Mebyon Kernow, the Party for Cornwall, a Party Election Broadcast (PEB).

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Kernow Branch: Institutional Racism Report Submitted

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The Kernow Branch of the Celtic League has prepared a fifteen page report concerning an alleged incident of institutional discrimination against members of the Cornish National Minority who were incorporated into the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCPNM).

In commemoration of the sinking of the Lusitania and its Manx links, a special Memorial Service was organised by Peel Commissioners during the May bank holiday weekend, together with a number of other events to reflect on the tragic episode which is historically linked to the Island.

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Mann: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Mann: Where Will It End?

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‘Guild’ organisers seem upset at a protest against their sponsors last week. However, concerns about developers and planning seem set to go centre stage in Mann following what one MHK described as the Chief Minister throwing a ‘hissy fit’ about obstacles to planning.

Lets just all step back a moment and, to use the memorable quote from a recent highly paid civil service import, ‘get real’.

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Cymru / Kernow News Items

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SUPPORT THIS PETITION:

The Welsh Branch of the Celtic League has again called for support to St David’s Day a National holiday in Wales.

A petition launched by Plaid Cymru on 24th February, 2015 has been published on the Branch’s Facebook account with a call for support. Members of other Branches have been signing the petition in a show of solidarity with the Welsh.

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Guild Stance from Deeply Committed and Distinguished Manxman

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Manx Music Festival Organisers have been quick in responding to a decision by a competitor to quit over sponsorship of this year’s event (see link):

Mann: Consternation and Applause at Guild

The Festival Chairman Graham Crowe was dismissive of the ‘protester’.

However, the decision to both reject and dismiss the stance of the man involved, Stewart Bennett, may yet come back to haunt the organisers.

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Mann: Landfill Leachate Disposal Query

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As a spin-off from the contaminated Harbour Silt row which has exercised people (and groups) on the Isle of Man recently the Celtic League has asked the Manx Chief Minister for details about discharges into the Marine environment.

The discharges involve leachate from a disused landfill site near Peel on the Islands west coast which are drawn off by tanker at the landfill and then disposed into the sea outfall off Peel.

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Goddard Inquiry Urged to Extend Remit

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The Celtic League has urged the Goddard Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to include two additional items in its remits.

The League say events at the Kincora Home in Northern Ireland in the 1970s should be probed despite the reluctance of the UK Home Secretary to include them in the remit.