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Mann: Let’s Get Real!

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Two stories running on Manx Radio news today would seem to beg the question has the Isle of Man become a ‘cacotopian’ society i.e. ‘not a good place’.

Of course, I don’t mean in terms of its environment (although the government seems set on undermining that) or the general good neighbourliness of its people but rather the way government and institutions of government behave.

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Dungavel: Questions from League to UK Border Agency

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The Celtic League is pressing the United Kingdom Border Agency for answers after a group of Scottish Trade Unionists and Religious Groups were denied access to the controversial Dungavel Immigration Detention Centre in Scotland.

The Centre has frequently been in the news most notoriously because of the practice of incarcerating very young children there.

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Mann: For Whom the Bell Tolls

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“Guild” protest sends wider signal to Banks, Offshore Companies, E-Gaming, Developers and even Government that not everyone can be bought!

It was just a few simple words “Gow-jee my leshtal agh cha nel mee arryltagh goaill ayrn jeh’n cho-hirrey shoh kindagh rish yn raantys noa – I am sorry but I am withdrawing from this competition in protest at the organiser’s choice of sponsorship.”

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Mann: Consternation and Applause at Guild

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Manx speaker publicly withdraws in protest over competition sponsorship.

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Mann: Thanks for Feedback – Keep It Coming!

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This news post is primarily directed at those people in Mann who have taken the trouble to contact the Celtic League and provide feedback in recent weeks.

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Registers: Tighten Regulations Call

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Alleged irregularities involving Manx shipping and aircraft registers led to a call for regulations to be tightened at the Celtic League AGM in Dublin earlier this month.

A resolution (text below) was adopted and has been sent to the DED Minister:

“The Minister for Economic Development
Mr Laurence Skelly MHK
Department of Economic Development
St Georges Court
Upper Church Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 1EX

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Nuclear Waste Transport Call for Review

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The Celtic League has written to both the IMO and IAEA urging that action is taken to ensure vessels which undertake the transportation of nuclear waste are more safety resilient.

The issue was an agenda item at the recent AGM in Dublin with delegations from several countries extremely critical of lax safety standards which culminated in a fire on board a nuclear waster transport from Dounreay to Belgium .

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Ireland: Military Pact with UK Condemned

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The Celtic League has written to the Irish Government to condemn the recent bi-lateral agreement reached between Ireland and the United Kingdom covering military training.

The issue was the subject of a resolution agreed at the recent League AGM in Dublin .

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IRELAND: DOD APPEAR TO CONDONE ABUSE OF UNDER AGE RECRUITMENT BY UK MILITARY

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The Celtic League has had a response from the Department of Defence (DoD) (Ireland) to a query we raised about the potential recruitment of under eighteen year old Irish Nationals into the UK armed forces (see link):

https://www.celticleague.net/news/uk-military-recruitment-in-ireland-opp...

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KERNOW: BIZARRE TWISTS AND TURNS AS ELECTION TURNS NASTY

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The run up to the Westminster General Election set for Thursday 7th May, 2015 is well underway and as with elsewhere in the other Celtic Nations, campaigning is taking some bizarre twists and turns in Kernow some sadly tainted with outright nastiness.