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News from the Celtic League:

The Celtic League have protested about the treatment of two members of the US ‘Vets for Peace’ organisation.  Ken Mayers (82) and Tarak Kauff (77) were arrested at Shannon Airport in Ireland. The details of the arrest and subsequent Court appearance are given in the article below.  US Vets for Peace are committed to peaceful protest and the Celtic League have written to Ireland's Minister for Justice and Equality, Charles Flanagan expressing concern at the treatment of two peace activists by the Irish Justice system:

Praying the Keeills (Manx Gaelic: Goaill Padjer Ec Ny Shenn Chialteenyn) takes place on the Isle of Man (Mannin) between Sat 18th - Sat 25th May 2019. The annual Praying the Keeills Week, incorporates visits to a number of ancient, holy sites across the Island. The historical keeill (Manx Gaelic: church, kirk) is a Christian chapel built during the 8th - 12th century. Mostly very small, the earliest examples were built of earth sods, others were larger and made of stone.

News from the Celtic League:

News from the Celtic League:

News from the Celtic League:

Further article (see below) from the Celtic League on training Saudi military in Wales. It  points out past warnings by the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, Arfon Jones and Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards to the risk posed of training Saudi military pilots at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales: 

TRAINING SAUDIS POSED SECURITY RISK POLICE COMMISSIONER ALLEGED

Plaid Cymru Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, Arfon Jones, said four months ago:

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The Celtic League continue to campaign against the training of Saudi pilots at RAF Valley in Wales.  They can then go on to use this training in actions leading directly to the killing of innocent people in Yemen. They point to the article below, where the Welsh government were already warned of the implications of training Saudi pilots at RAF Valley:

WELSH GOVERNMENT WERE URGED NOT TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO SAUDI TRAINING AT RAF VALLEY (Nation Cymru)

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The Celtic League continue to raise objections to the use of Ronalsway airport in the Isle of Man for military aircraft training. The war planes are based at RAF Valley in Anglesey, Wales. The RAF has trained Saudi military pilots at RAF Valley. As well as the Air Forces of Kuwait, the UAE and other Gulf states which contribute aircrew and planes to support the Saudi led bombing of Yemen. Actions which have been deemed a war crime by UN investigators in August last year. See the Celtic League article below:

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The Celtic League has written a series of articles criticising the use of areas within the Celtic countries being used for military practice. They draw attention (see below) to the compliance of the Manx government in these exercises and the need for the Welsh government to raise objections. The repercussions of the military training, exercises and weapons testing taking place is at present being felt by the killing and maiming of tens of thousands of men, women and children in Yemen by Saudi forces:

Yesterday 8th March was International Women's Day. Interesting to see an item by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) or as it should be better described English Broadcasting Corporation. With their usual sleight of hand they wrote: "In 1919 Lady Nancy Astor became the first elected woman MP to sit in Parliament." Their little trick was to include the words "sit in". In fact the first woman to be "elected to" to the British parliament was Constance Markievicz (February 1868 – 15 July 1927).

Charles Altamont Doyle was born on 25th March 1832.  Today he is mainly remembered for being the father of Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. However, Charles Altamont Doyle was a talented illustrator and watercolourist. He was the son of Irish artist John Doyle, the political cartoonist known by the pen name as H.B., and Marianna Conan Doyle. Charles Altamont Doyle moved to Edinburgh in 1849, where he worked as an assistant surveyor  at the Scottish Office of Work.