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CELTIC LEAGUE AGM WILL BE HELD IN DUBLIN IN APRIL

The Celtic League Annual General meeting will take place in Dublin on the weekend of 10th-12th April 2015.

The venue for the meeting is the Headquarters of Conradh na Gaeilge, 6 Harcourt Street , Dublin 2 (just off St Stephens Green).

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ALARMING INCREASE IN NUCLEAR SAFETY EVENTS ON CLYDE

There has been an alarming increase in the number of ‘nuclear safety events’ at the nuclear submarine and weapons base on the Clyde .

Questions from Scottish Nationalist Party, Defence spokesman, Angus Robertson MP have elicited the astonishing admission that incidents are up by 50%. In 2012-13 there were 105 ‘events’ as opposed to 68 in the previous year.

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UK MILITARY RECRUITMENT IN IRELAND OPPOSED

Following a submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child about the recruitment by the British Armed Forces of children under 18 years of age the Celtic League has written to the Irish government enclosing a copy.

The League have previously raised the issue of recruitment by the British Armed Forces in Ireland and the ease with which they (the British MOD) were able to access Irish agencies to verify data.

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THE CELTIC COUNTRIES WHERE THEY RATE IN PRESS FREEDOM

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UNCRC Asked to Press UK on Armed Forces Recruitment of Children

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The Celtic League has raised the issue of the recruitment of children below the age of 18 years by the British Armed Forces with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The UK has in the past been criticised for this policy. The League say the policy may also breach International Labour Conventions on the employment of Children.

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One of the highlights of the most recent Manx LitFest took place at the House of Manannan in Peel, where a panel of experts gathered to discuss the Celtic influence in literature before a packed audience at the Manx National Heritage venue.

Manx LitFest is an annual literary festival which has quickly become an established fixture on the Island's calendar, attracting a wide selection of well-known authors and readers of all ages, as well as encouraging local writers to develop their skills.

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DEFINITELY NO OVERFLIGHT BY RUSSIANS SAY MOD

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence are insisting Russian Aircraft which transited around the west of the British Isles recently before did not overfly southern Cornwall despite media claim to the contrary. The statement comes in response to a Celtic League Cornwall branch enquiry. Statement from Convenor set out below:

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NUCLEAR FIRE SHIP REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED SOON SAY DANISH EMBASSY

The Danish Ambassador has responded to a query from the Celtic League about the incident when the Danish vessel, MV Parida, caught fire and was disabled and drifting off N E Scotland. The vessel was carrying nuclear waste from the Dounreay nuclear plant.

The League had asked when the report into the incident (being compiled by Danish authorities) would be made available and if this would be in English.

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MANX POLITICS: THE COUP THAT NEVER WAS?

It was less ‘the night of the long knives’ and more ‘the day of the blunt pens’.

A government Minister has moved swiftly to deny a newspaper article that he and colleagues were conspiring against the Isle of Man Chief Minister and planning a vote of no confidence.

The newspaper meanwhile, in the persona of its Editor, has rejected the denial standing by its article and defending the journalist who wrote it.

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ICELANDS PRESIDENT: INDEPENDENCE CAN NEVER BE NEGATIVE

“the small size of a nation is not an obstacle to its success”. It’s a point those who carp on about the Isle of Man being too small to be independent might wish to ponder.

We rarely simply link to an article but in this instance it is worth it (see below).

The President of Iceland Ólafur Grímsson, has said “independence in itself can never be negative”.