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In a few weeks Howard Quayle will get the opportunity to give the annual 2018 Chief Minister State of the Nation address. If you think back to last year the content was pretty vacuous and most notable for the quite outrageous attack on the media. It was the mainstream that was in his sights but he spun it to include social media. Quayles State speech was meaningless drivel that 12 months on sees people worse off than ever,

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has produced an in depth report citing the need for change in relation to human rights implementation in An Garda Síochána (the Irish Police).

The report by Alyson Kilpatrick a human rights advisor to the PSNI (the former Royal Ulster Constabulary) comes just days after the controversy surrounding the use of masked police to assist the eviction of housing protesters.

Unveiling the report the Director of the ICCL, Liam Herrick, said:

Ireland’s Department of Defence has issued a statement text below following the latest UN deployment in the Middle East:

Libya was hairy enough but I’m glad I gave Moscow a miss!

Yes he’s still about! Isle of Man Lt Gov. Sir Richard Gozney sitting up in Government House pocketing his £100,000 a year and getting the Harrods equivalent of the weekly food bank delivery paid for by us. Not to mention of course the gas bill - musn’t forget the gas bill although quite a few Manx people can forget using gas this winter given the price - which is sure to rise. Who said Empire is dead!

The Manx judiciary are infamous for some of their zany pronouncements but this latest one takes the biscuit:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=42800&headline=Wear%20shorts%20...

An academy? This is...er one job. Slow news day on the head!

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/appleby-academy-returns-...

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Dafydd Wigley former leader of Plaid Cymru is bemoaning the fact that much that is produced in Wales comes emblazoned with a Union Jack.

As was always the case with a man who garnered great respect from all sides of the political divide when in the House of Commons he does it without rancour saying:

“I’ve nothing against the Union Flag… in its appropriate place. If people want to wave it at the last night of the proms in the Albert Hall, fair enough.
It’s simply not a flag on which Wales is represented.”

Wigley says in an article in the Daily Post:

The Frederick Street Dublin evictions continue to generate fall out with flagship news publication The Irish Times carrying this thought provoking article by Una Mullally which speculates that the manner in which the events unfolded show the system is conspiring against the people:

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/north-frederick-street-looks-like-pro...

Report here on the funeral Geraldine Jamieson a stalwart of Manx broadcasting for many years.

She interviewed the famous, the rich and me! I can honestly say she was a charming person to be interviewed by and over the years in all my hours of air time both on TV and Radio she had one of the most relaxed and natural interview styles I came across.

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/service-to-remember-life...

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