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New Heritage Centre Celebrates Patagonia Links

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It is not often we have a CL News item that is of direct interest to our colleagues in the Patagonian branch of the Celtic League but the news of a £1 million pound lottery grant to aid the establishment of a tourist and heritage centre in Wales about the Patagonian settlers puts the most distant branch of the Celtic League centre stage.

The £1 million will be spent to create the centre at Eglwys Deiniol Sant, Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd.

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Positive ECJ Judgement Could Prove Difficult for Irish Government and DPC

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The Irish government could find itself in the ‘hot seat’ if a case before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) finds in favour of the plaintiff.

An Austrian student, Max Schrems, took a complaint to the Irish High Court about the transfer of data by Facebook to the United States.

An on-line petition is now circulating to remove the three feathers as the logo of the Welsh Rugby Union Team. As the petition points out the three feathers can be traced back to Edward the Black Prince; oldest son and heir to Edward III of England. It therefore has no connection to Wales and keeping the feathers is a statement of English oppression and ownership. A link to the petition is below:

The 49th annual Dunedin Highland Games & Festival will be held this Saturday at Highlander Park in Dunedin, Florida.  In addition to competitive Highland Games, information booths set up by Clan organisations and a sheep herding exhibition, there will also be a blockbuster line-up of entertainment. Press reports have MacPhearson’s Rant, Mighty Fine Peppers, My Three Kilts, Searson and Off Kilter performing on the festival Grounds. In 2015 for the first time the Dunedin Tide Festival of Piping will be held in conjunction with the games

Organised jointly by the Department of Education and Children, Culture Vannin and Manx National Heritage, the Manx Folk Awards replaced the former Cruinnaght Aeg competitions which encouraged many of the Island's school children to compete creatively in the areas of song, music, dance and recitation.

Held at the Douglas Youth Arts Centre and the nearby Trinity Methodist Church at Rosemount, this popular, annual event is recognised for its informal approach, which sees finalists gathering in the Island's capital for three days of competitions.

The Manx debut of the folk band Faustus at the Centenary Centre in Peel proved beyond doubt how English folk music has evolved in recent years, as the all-male line-up produced a seemingly endless supply of songs and tunes which left the capacity audience gasping for more.

Judging by everyone's reaction the devil had a busy night, as we all sold our souls for the pleasure of listening to a range of music which criss-crossed a number of English counties and devolved seamlessly to an Island which rejoices in its own unique musical heritage.

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With CL News Yahoo ‘firing on all cyclinders’ over the past four months it occurrs to us that some of you may be suffering ‘inbox overload’.

Obviously if you are a subscriber to CL News Yahoo we are glad to have you and all the news posts will generate in your inbox as they are produced.

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The Civil Nuclear Police

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BBC Scotland reports briefly on an incident involving the Civil Nuclear Police (CNC) and ‘the unintentional discharge’ of a Taser (link).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-31984370

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British Snooping Likely to Feature in AGM Reports

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In January 2015 it was all smiles as Michael Fallon for the United Kingdom MOD and Simon Coveney for the Irish Government signed what the media termed an ‘historic’ defence agreement at Dublin Castle.

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Half Manx Prison Population has Mental Health Issues

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There has been a shocking admission that half of the inmates of the Isle of Man Prison are suffering from mental health problems the Minister of Home Affairs, Juan Watterson MHK, provided the information in a written answer in Tynwald.

“IN TYNWALD

March 2015

Question 20

FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Hall) to ask the Minister for Home Affairs –