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Irish Naval Service in Forefront of Migrant Rescue Effort

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:20am

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Irish Naval Service in Forefront of Migrant Rescue Effort

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The Irish Naval Service, LÉ Eithne, which is on station in the Mediterranean as part of a multi-nation EU operation to rescue migrants undertook two rescues last week in which over 500 people’s lives were saved.

Cyberbullying Claim Under Scrutiny

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:19am

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Cyberbullying Claim Under Scrutiny

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Cyberbullying is a reprehensible activity and should always be cracked down upon promptly. Many social media sites have robust systems in place following criticisms in recent years to address the issue.

Recently a high profile case, however, has suggested it is not always as it is presented.

Kincora Victim Seeks Judicial Review of Goddard Exclusion

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:17am

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Kincora Victim Seeks Judicial Review of Goddard Exclusion

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Some weeks ago we pressed the Goddard Enquiry into historic child sex abuse to extend its remit to the Kincora Home scandal in Belfast.

We had previously asked UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, to extend the remit of the enquiry by Justice Goddard but she had refused saying that matters relating to Kincora were a matter for the NI Assembly.

After BBC Panorama League Say Open Files on Dirty War

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:16am

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After BBC Panorama League Say Open Files on Dirty War

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The Celtic League has written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers MP, following last weeks BBC Panorama programme which covered the extent of collusion between British security forces and paramilitaries in murders and bombings committed on both sides of the border during ‘the troubles’.

The League says:

Mann: Chris Thomas MHK and Dunkirk

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:15am

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Mann: Chris Thomas MHK and Dunkirk

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With utility prices never more in focus across all the Celtic countries it was refreshingly pleasant to hear forceful questioning by Manx Radio reporter, James Davis, of outgoing Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Vice Chair Chris Thomas MHK on this morning’s Mandate current affairs programme.

When the Media Becomes a Bear Garden People Get Bitten

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:14am

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When the Media Becomes a Bear Garden People Get Bitten

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The media and comment in Scotland both pre and post referendum descended into something of a ‘bear garden’ and when the media becomes a ‘bear garden’ occasionally people get bitten.

Yesterday we published Dr. John Robertson’s forensic analysis of TV coverage in Scotland and Robertson makes no secret of the fact that BBC Scotland and its flagship news programme Reporting Scotland get, in his view, the lowest rating.

Rising Documentary Will Highlight Its Significance for Peoples Globally

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:12am

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Rising Documentary Will Highlight Its Significance for Peoples Globally

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The 1916 Easter Rising has almost always been documented as a unique episode in Irish history with its wider implications marginalised certainly in the British media.

Scotland: The Broadcast Media – Propaganda and Professionalism

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:11am

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Scotland: The Broadcast Media – Propaganda and Professionalism

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The BBC’s Reporting Scotland was voted as TV news programme of the year for 2014 by the Royal Television Society this month. However, its coverage of the Scottish referendum campaign last year was dogged by controversy and accusations of bias.

Scots in South America – The Forgotten Diaspora

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 2, 2015 - 12:10am

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Scots in South America – The Forgotten Diaspora

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Our article on the Patagonian Welsh Diaspora has provoked some quite speedy and positive feedback.

One of the most interesting comments came from John Fitzpatrick (from São Paulo in Brazil) who helpfully enclosed a link to an article he had written on ‘SCOTS IN SOUTH AMERICA – THE FORGOTTEN DIASPORA’.

Mann: Is ‘Eat or Heat’ the Choice Facing Some?

Submitted by Myghal Map Serpren on June 1, 2015 - 2:34pm

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Mann: Is ‘Eat or Heat’ the Choice Facing Some?

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The growth of food banks across in the United Kingdom in recent years proceeded exponentially as the Lib-Tory coalition government introduced ever tighter austerity measure.

It seems highly likely that now the United Kingdom has a Tory majority government committed to greater austerity food banks will continue to expand to meet a growing need in deprived communities throughout Britain.

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