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The 44th Pan Celtic Festival will be staged in the city of Derry in Northern Ireland for a second successive year this month, which will include a return visit by the Manx quartet Shenn Scoill to contest their unprecedented win in the Pan Celtic International Song Contest last year.

As the Sailors' Shelter on East Quay in Peel takes on board a new lease of life, a two man art exhibition taking place later this month will provide an opportunity to study the work of two local artists.

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Police Scotland Alerted to Abuse Directed at SNP Leader

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POLICE SCOTLAND ALERTED TO ABUSE DIRECTED AT SNP LEADER

Just two days after we expressed concern about unwarranted and vitriolic abuse aimed at politicians a further instance of the behavior has come to light.

Again the politician being targeted is SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.

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Threats to Politicians Eat Away at the Fabric of Democracy

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The news that Police Scotland is investigating a threat against Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is welcome. There has been a disturbing trend in recent years particularly since the advent of social media for ill-judged and threatening comment to be disregarded.

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Manx Nationalists Protest at New Tynwald Arrangements

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“new arrangements will turn the National Day over to commercial enterprises that provide bouncy castles, candy floss, junk food, and cheap goods.”

The Manx Nationalist Party (Mec Vannin) has sent a strongly worded letter to both the Tynwald Ceremony Arrangements Committee (TCAC) and the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) voicing concerns at organisational changes planned for this years ceremony at the Tynwald Hill site at St Johns.

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Astonishing Admission About Records as MoD Respond Over Abuse Claims

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The Ministry of Defence has responded to a series from the questions from the Celtic League about the payment of millions of pounds to settle abuse cases involving the military cadet forces (see link):

https://www.celticleague.net/news/defence-sec-asked-why-mod-paid-hush-mo...

Demonstrators gathered in Cardiff on Saturday (4 April) to call for Wales to have the same powers as those of Scotland. The Home Rule Rally was organised by Yes cymru. As pointed out ahead of the Rally by former Plaid Cymru MP for Camarthen East and Dinefwr, Adam Price: "Wales is in the slow lane - economically and socially - it is lagging behind Scotland, England, Ireland and every other nation when it comes to the question of power. Without power, without a future.

It is a remarkable example of how low the Labour Party will stoop in it's campaign of lies against the Scottish National Party. Now Labour has been caught out and scored an amazing own goal in joining with the British establishment run media in a false smear campaign against the leader of the SNP and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.  The smear campaign has to be one of the crudest and obviously false ones in recent years - and given the very anti-Scottish London controlled media that really is saying something.

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Mann: Prompt Response From Minister on Harbour Silt Queries

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Manx Infrastructure Minister Phillip Gawne, MHK, has responded to a number of queries from the Celtic League about the disposal of dredged silt from Peel Harbour to an onshore site at Poortown in the West of the Island.

I set out our original queries below with the Ministers response

a) Is the decision to deposit silt on an open field site (at Poortown) a secure option for the potentially contaminated material?

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Mann: Questions About Onshore Harbour Silt Disposal

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The Celtic League has posed a series of questions to the Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure about controversial plans to deposit dredged sediment on fields near Poortown on the west of the Isle of Man.

The sediment involved is known to be contaminated with heavy metals.

Correspondence set out below: