Celtic Recipes

Lloyds Bank anti Cornish Language Policy Causes Uproar!

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on February 14, 2019 - 6:31pm

So that everyone is kept informed, Agan Tavas has found it necessary to make the following press release regarding Lloyds Bank

PRESS RELEASE BEGINS

Discovery of final resting place of famed Cameron Clan Chief

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on February 13, 2019 - 1:27pm

The site of the burial of Highland clan chief Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (February 1629 – February 1719) has been discovered after 300 years. He was a staunch supporter of the Jacobite rebellions and died aged 90 in 1719. He was famed for his strength, ferocity and bravery in combat, which led to him being called the Ulysses of the Highlands. His noted combats included the Battle of Killiecrankie (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Choille Chnagaidh)  which took place on 27 July 1689 during the First Jacobite Rising when a combined Jacobite force of Scots and Irish secured victory.

Isle of Man: St Bridget - A Woman for Our Time

Submitted by Valerie Caine on February 11, 2019 - 1:45pm

With the rise in feminism and raised awareness of the environment dominating the headlines, advocates may look towards an inspirational leader to guide them through their campaigns, but historically St Bridget, who has links with the Isle of Man, may well tick all the boxes.

Mann: Free school meals - Migrant children Chief Minister's reply

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 8, 2019 - 7:03pm

A detailed reply here to my query to the Chief Minister about free school meals and the exclusion of the children of migrant workers. I queried if it meets the obligations of the Island under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Chief Minister avers the current situation complies with the Convention

Peatlands as important if not more so than tropical rainforest

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 7, 2019 - 6:09pm

An Irish parliamentary Committee has been told that Peatlands are as important as the Tropical rainforest for our planet. This from Green News ie:

“Conservation measures to protect Ireland’s unique peatlands over the past three decades have been a “colossal failure”, an Oireachtas committee heard today.

The stark warning from Padraig Fogarty of the Irish Wildlife Trust came during a hearing of the heritage committee on the preservation of biodiversity of peatlands this afternoon.

You wait for a bus...!

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 7, 2019 - 6:07pm

They say ‘you wait for a bus and then two come along together’. Following hard on the heels of the ‘Climate Change Coalition’ (CCC) comes this:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm…

The CCC want to save the planet the Irish Sea Centre (ISC) objective is more modest simply the ecosystem of the Irish Sea. I’m one hundred percent with them.

'Fly Kites not Drones'

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 7, 2019 - 6:00pm

The Drone Campaign Network are staging their ‘fly kites not drones’ campaign which highlights the use of drones in extrajudicial killings globally again this year from 17-24th March.

The campaign group staged the first demo of this type last year - here is the youtube video from last year which lists support from New York to Kabul, Hastings to Glasgow, London to Leicester :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=_tAe2YPxXdI

Is the Manx government a closed book?

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 7, 2019 - 5:58pm

Is the Isle of Man government and its executive a closed book and do the media help them keep it that way?

On Manx Radio today Anthony Webber a former politician in the Channel Isles avers that the Island and other dependencies lack transparency. Well tell us something we didn’t know because the Isle of Man is essentially ‘a closed book’ from which we occasionally get extracts via the media. There is no concept of openness and accountability and we only have to look at the various scandals over the years everything from planning enquiries, the constabulary to utility loans etc

Mann: 2018 was it 'shaft or share' over earnings? We'll soon know.

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 7, 2019 - 5:55pm

“The annual earnings survey is not just a time of rejoicing for workers it's also a ‘happy time’ for the likes of Chris Thomas MHK who can pop up in the portal to claim 'black is white' and clarify any anomalies..”

It's almost time for publication of the IOM AVERAGE EARNINGS SURVEY so workers will soon know if it was shaft or share time in 2018. Certainly we know who is on the list to be ‘shafted' in 2019, new entrants to the Post Office.

ForcesWatch: 'War School'!

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on February 7, 2019 - 5:53pm

Our friends at ‘ForcesWatch’ forward their latest bulletin which includes details of their ongoing campaign opposing recruitment of children into the armed forces and the targeting of school for recruitment propaganda.

I find it ironic that the Isle of Man Department of Education and its Minister Graham Cregeen MHK had ‘the skitters’ when it emerged recently that a primary school may have exposed children to the influence of the Islamic religion when the topic of militarisation of children is effectively encouraged in schools.

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