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Good for David Cretney MLC for keeping the issue of child poverty centre stage although whether his efforts will have any impact on this selfish government is another matter

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The usual depressing remarks from some inhuman beasts in our society in some of the comments below the story show just what sort of ‘pond life’ this Island plays host to.

I recalled recently after hearing of the death of Brian Stowell my attendance with him at the Connolly Association (CA) conference in Liverpool in 1985 on the Irish sea its militarisation and pollution for which I was a speaker. Brian was a member of the Connolly Association and had high regard for its General Secretary Desmond Greaves - although having said that everyone had high regard for Desmond who was an infectiously charming ‘radical’.

Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige) is a town in Caithness (Gallaibh), in the far north of Scotland. In common with other parts of the country, many in the town stayed awake to welcome in the New Year.  One being Charlie Williamson, who had gone out of the door of his house after the bells sounded at midnight. It was then that he saw a strange light overhead. He is convinced he spotted a UFO and apparently he wasn’t the only one to witness the phenomenon.   “It was like a very large circle with lights.

The Celtic League have written to the Council of Europe ‘watchdog’ on Police and Prison services making it aware of a recent case in the Isle of Man which raised concerns about the circumstances of the detention at CPHQ of a person with ‘complex mental health problems’.

“Hugh Chetwynd
Head of Division
CPT
Council of Europe
Strasbourg-Cedex
France

23rd January 2019

Police detention Isle of Man Court criticism

A New Year and more Brexit. Howard Quayle MHK Chief Minister (aka ‘The Great Man’) has been setting ot his vista of the Brexit future.

The incident recently reported (after a delay of several months) involving a Royal Navy nuclear submarine and a Ro Ro Ferry reminds us once again of the dangers posed by nuclear submarines activity in the confined area of the Irish Sea.

The Irish (and Celtic Seas) are busy areas commercially and are getting busier in terms of merchant and fishing fleets, wind farms and oil and gas exploration.

The near miss between a Ro Ro Ferry and a nuclear submarine in the North Channel highlights once again the danger posed by dived submarine operations in navigational choke points such as the North Channel and Pembroke Strait.

Isle of Man Post Office (Manx: Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin) have presented a new issue of ten stamps to show the diversity of wildlife to be found on the Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin). The Island, which is located in the Irish Sea, was cut off from the surrounding islands of the Atlantic Archipelago, a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe, in around 8000 BC.  The Island has a richly-varied landscape in a small area with a unique composition of wildlife, making the need for its protection very important.

The village of Kilmartin (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Mhàrtainn) is in Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd) in the west of Scotland. It is located in Kilmartin Glen, an area noted for having the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland. Kilmartin Glen can quite rightly claim to be one of the world’s most significant archaeological landscapes. Standing stones, stone circles, remarkable carved rock art, cairns, castles and forts, all spanning a period of over 5,000 years. 

MTTVs Paul Moulton is at Milntown talking to Charles Guard about the ‘chair of Illiam Dhone’ that the Milntown Trust have recently purchased.

I’m sure that Paul mentioned at the Illiam Dhone ceremony that he was off to the Antipodes later in the month so these must be news items that were ‘in the can’ so to speak.

Anyway it's a real gem (both the table and the Guard - Moulton interview).