Celtic Recipes

Opposition to nuclear waste dumps in Wales mounts as consultation meeting in Swansea cancelled

Submitted by Mair Williams on February 28, 2019 - 6:19pm

A proposed meeting in Swansea by the British government-run Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) organisation has been cancelled.  A news item on Transceltic last week on plans to use areas of Wales as a possible nuclear waste dump was widely shared. RWM are looking for possible sites to bury Britain's most dangerous radioactive waste.

Supreme Court rules British government investigation into murder of Irish human rights lawyer Pat Finucane not properly carried out

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on February 28, 2019 - 2:03pm

Patrick Finucane (21 March 1949 – 12 February 1989), was an Irish human rights lawyer killed by loyalist paramilitaries acting in collusion with the British government intelligence service MI5.  He was aged 39 when he was killed in front of his wife and three children on 12 February 1989 after two masked loyalist paramilitaries knocked down the front door of his house in Belfast and shot him 14 times. Now the Supreme Court has ruled that a British government investigation into the murder was not properly carried out.

Reminder of active volcano that once stood above Scotland's capital

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on February 27, 2019 - 11:13am

The images of the fires burning on Arthur's Seat in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) give the strange illusion that this now extinct volcano has erupted again. In fact it is a large gorse fire. Gorse is a spiny evergreen shrub with yellow flowers that is common in many parts of Scotland. Dozens of firefighters have been battling through Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to bring the large gorse fire on Arthur's Seat under control.

Welsh language, one of the first cornerstones to connect and bind Wales with Ireland as a Celtic Nation

Submitted by Mair Williams on February 26, 2019 - 8:49am

“We’re as keen as ever to promote and foster Welsh links with Ireland; we have many similarities in terms of our traditions, culture and economies. Wales – Ireland links are more important than ever, which is also evident by Irish Government’s announcement that the Irish Consulate will re-open in Cardiff later this year.” These are the words of Dafydd Elis-Thomas, the Welsh Deputy Minister on a visit to Dublin.

Youngsters in Cornwall recognise mistakes being made!

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on February 23, 2019 - 12:05pm

It's a good job that school pupils in Cornwall are protesting at the appalling way our natural environment is being treated. It's their future being put at risk after all.

British government-run body reveals plans to use Wales as nuclear waste dump

Submitted by Mair Williams on February 23, 2019 - 11:44am

Possible destinations around the coast of west Wales have been revealed as possible sites to bury Britain's most dangerous radioactive waste. Objections to the plans are mounting around Wales. Meetings are to be held in Swansea and Llandudno in March by the British Government-run Radioactive Waste Management organisation. They are searching for what they have described as “a willing host community” where waste can be buried.

Opposition to controversial hydro scheme at Glencoe continues

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on February 18, 2019 - 8:23pm

Just days ago people gathered at Glencoe to commemorate the anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe. Many of those attending might have been unaware of the battle now taking place between local people and those planning to build a hydroelectric power plant next to the site of the 17th century Highland massacre. Plans are still under consideration by the Highlands Council for the hydro scheme, which include a turbine house, intake, buried pipelines, outfall, and access tracks.

Remembering the tragic loss of the crew of Scottish fishing boat Solway Harvester.

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on February 17, 2019 - 5:46pm

In February 2000 the funerals took place of the seven crew members of the Scottish fishing boat Solway Harvester. It was on the 10th January 2000 that the boat set out from Kirkcudbright (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Chuithbeirt) in south-west Scotland. They fished until the following day 11th January and planned to set sail home. Due to the stormy conditions they sought refuge in the shelter of Ramsey Bay (Manx: Baie Rhumsaa) on the northeast coast of the Isle of Man.

Ulster’s Beltany - A 5000-year-old Monument to a Living Celtic Holiday

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Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on February 16, 2019 - 8:39pm

To the southwest of the Ulster city of Derry in County of Donegal, near the town of Raphoe, is a Neolithic Celtic monument known as the Beltany Stone Circle.  The Beltany Stone Circle is estimated to have been constructed approximately 5000 years ago based on recent archeological research funded by the Irish Heritage Council.  Dating Beltany from about 3000 BC makes this monument older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids (some published sources conversely date the construction of the stone circle at between 1300 and 800 BC).

A local group that is dedicated to the preservation of this little known site is the Raphoe Community in Action group. With funding from the Heritage Council of Ireland they have been engaged in an on-going archaeological research project at the site.

Anniversary of Welsh mining disaster also reminder of exploitation, cover-up and illegal child labour

Submitted by Mair Williams on February 14, 2019 - 8:59pm

On this day, 14th February 1844, the Garden Pit at Landshipping, Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro) was flooded by the River Cleddau (Afon Cleddau) and 40 colliers, men and boys were drowned. The community gathered today to rededicate a memorial exactly 175 years after Pembrokeshire's worst mining disaster. The waters of the Eastern Cleddau river broke through into the coal mine, a section of which ran below the estuary. On the day there had been warnings of the dangers. At about lunchtime the miners left the workings because of the quantity of salt water seeping into the mine.

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