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Prosperity Participation and Fairness Focus for New First Minister

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“Making sure that everyone can do better in life will help make Scotland a fairer place to live and work, but it will also make it a more prosperous place too.”

That was the positive message from Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in a letter responding to congratulations sent to her following her election from the Mannin Branch of the Celtic League.

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CPT Uses Anniversary to Highlight Juvenile Justice Issues

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Recalling recent matters that the Celtic League raised in relation to juvenile justice it is interesting to note that the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has highlighted the issue in its annual report just released.

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Formal Response From Department of Foreign Affairs on ECHR Case

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The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has formerly responded to the query sent to his Office in late November urging action on the ‘Hooded Men’ case. The Minister had sent an initial holding reply on the day the query was emailed to him. (See links below).

The text of the (positive) response from the Minister is set out below:

“26 January 2015
Our Ref: AI0140260

Dear Mr. Moffatt,

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Irish Government Respond on Sellafield Safety

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The Irish Government has responded to a query from the Celtic League relating to safety issues at the Sellafield nuclear plant. The League had written to them in late November 2014.

The Irish and British now have in place an agreement whereby Irish Environmental Protection Agency staff (EPA) meet regularly with UK counterparts in relation to the accident prone nuclear facility on the Cumbria coast.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland’s Gaelic College Founded in 1973 and internationally recognised as a National Centre for the Gaelic language and culture, have announced the second Soillse conference, “ Bilingual Education and Language Revitalisation: From Theory to Practice”  The conference is being held in conjunction with CAER, the Education Society of the European Regions, and hosted by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and its academic partner The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). The conference will be held on the 28th of May, 2015.

 "The children, they've been surrounded by the culture for so long. It's inevitable the language is going to come back to play a part. It's almost like it was like the missing link that brings in their spirit, their family, their history, the culture. All of it goes hand in hand with the language" - Mairi Parr

Canada's CBCNews under the headline "Gaelic Core Class Increasingly Popular In Nova Scotia", are reporting on the remarkable explosion of Gaelic Medium education taking hold in a province that once was home to over 100,000 Scots Gaelic speakers.

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Branch Reaches Out to Thousands Through Social Media

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With some posts reaching over 15 000 people, the Kernow Branch of the Celtic League is by far the most prolific utiliser of social media in the organisation.

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League Notify UNCRC About MOD Cadet Sex Abuse Payment

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League Welfare Concerns Vindicated as MOD Pay £2m to Cadet Abuse Victims

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The Celtic League has once again written to Children Commissioners in several of the Celtic countries expressing concern about the monitoring of cadet forces.

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The Irish – British Military Training Agreement

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PEACEKEEPING BASED ON THE RULE OF LAW vs. AN ‘INHERITED CULTURAL DNA’ BASED ON COVERT AND OFTEN UNLAWFUL ACTIONS