Celtic Recipes

Lack of Welsh language service provided by Banks under investigation

Submitted by Mair Williams on December 23, 2014 - 10:49pm

As reported in Welsh newspaper the Daily Post:

'Bank customers are being asked to send in their complaints about a lack of Welsh services to the Language Commissioner.

Meri Huws said today that she will conduct a statutory review of Welsh language services offered by banks in Wales.

Under the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, she has the power to do anything she thinks appropriate to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language.

Spain's attitude to Catalonia is shameful

Submitted by Mair Williams on December 23, 2014 - 6:30pm

The Spanish government continues to show its undemocratic credentials to the world. A range of recent laws passed by Madrid has  banned many forms of public protest. Now the goose stepping Spanish state is threatening Catalonia's regional government in Barcelona with prosecution. This is because they had the audacity to demand their democratic right to decide on self determination. This Spanish government continues to act like a dictatorship and should be ashamed of itself.

As reported on the BBC:

Communiqué De Presse d’ Unser Land, Le Parti Alsacien, Strasbourg, le 19 décembre 2014

Submitted by Dominique Corolleur on December 22, 2014 - 11:26am

Elections départementales : mobilisation générale !

Suite à la décision du gouvernement de supprimer la région Alsace, une réponse politique d’ampleur est indispensable.

Nous constatons que la situation actuelle de l’Alsace est imputable en grande partie à la classe politique locale. Il est temps que nous puissions compter sur des élus qui ne soient plus au service des partis parisiens, mais au service des Alsaciens. Cela n’est possible qu’avec un parti alsacien.

Isle of Man: Knockaloe Exhibition at the Leece Museum in Peel

Submitted by Valerie Caine on December 21, 2014 - 7:09pm

With its proximity to the site of the former Knockaloe Internment Camp at Patrick, the Leece Museum in Peel is an ideal location for a temporary exhibition which seeks to bring a flavour of what it was like for the thousands of internees who were incarcerated on the site during World War I.

The Leece Museum, situated in the old courthouse on the East Quay, already has a number of selected items about this historical site on permanent display, including an assortment of intricate bone carvings sculpted by the internees.

Faery Battles Intensify On the Isle of Man - Faery Investigation Society Launches Census

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Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on December 19, 2014 - 4:22pm

The UK Sunday Express reports that The Faery Investigation Society of London is in the process of conducting a worldwide census.  Under the headline “Forget the Tales, Now its Fairies with an Attitude”, the Express reports that the census, initiated in November, has logged over 450 respondents reporting on various Faery populations. The link to the census form is posted below.

Protests against Manuel Valls as he visits Brittany

Submitted by Dominique Corolleur on December 18, 2014 - 7:32pm

Today (18 Dec) in the Breton City of Brest French Socialist Party Prime Minister Manuel Valls began a visit to Brittany. He was met with demonstrators disgusted with a new law on the territorial organization of the French regions passed by the National Assembly. 

Notre Chance, L'independance - Elections Departementales 2015

Submitted by Dominique Corolleur on December 17, 2014 - 6:31pm

'L’indépendance est une chance. Recouvrer notre souveraineté représente bien plus encore que retrouver notre fierté : prendre la voie de l’indépendance, c’est marcher dans le sillon ouvert par de nombreuses nations européennes et c’est une nécessité impérieuse.

Always a Platform for Torture Apologists in the British Media

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on December 17, 2014 - 2:05pm

This published by the Celtic League:

Always a Platform for Torture Apologists in the British Media

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

A few days ago the New York Times (NYT) commenting when the US Senate released its controversial report into torture said:

“The publication today of a censored summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into the use of torture at C.I.A. prisons has brought war-crime apologists out from under their rocks.”

Manx Government Sets Out Its Priorities

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on December 17, 2014 - 2:04pm

This published by the Celtic League:

Manx Government Sets Out Its Priorities

News From Celtic League

The Isle of Man Government has responded to a letter sent by the general secretary (GS) in September, asking the Chief Minister of Mannin (Isle of Man), Allan Bell, what priorities he thinks are important for the Island over the next twenty years.

Irish Government Urged to Seek release of Secret MoD CR Gas Files

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on December 17, 2014 - 2:02pm

This published by the Celtic League:

Irish Government Urged to Seek release of Secret MoD CR Gas Files

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

The Celtic League has asked the Irish government to add its voice to the calls for secret files covering (Operation Pagoda) – the stockpiling and use of CR gas by British security forces in Ireland – to be made public.

The League has already written to UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon MP urging that the forty year old files should be released.

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