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Parc school closure go-ahead: fight continues vow campaigners
15/07/2010 - 15:20
Campaigners expressed their deep disappointment today after Gwynedd Council voted to continue with plans to close Ysgol y Parc, near Bala.The councillors' decision follows an eighty-strong protest outside the council offices from those opposing the plans.
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North Wales schools protest: Cymdeithas "listen to the people" plea to Council
13/07/2010 - 17:32
Cymdeithas yr Iaith will make a plea to Gwynedd Council to 'listen to local people' at the start of a 70-mile march from Tryweryn to Caernarfon to protest against the closure of Ysgol y Parc near Bala today (Sunday, 11th July).The march will start from Tryweryn Dam at the end of a rally organised by the Ysgol y Parc Defence Committee.
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"Caru'r Gymraeg" company awards - Cymdeithas takes positive approach
08/07/2010 - 16:57
A new award scheme for companies who offer excellent Welsh language services will be launched by TV presenter Angharad Mair and members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg in Carmarthen today.The initiative is a new direction for the society which has traditionally focused on campaigning against large corporations who provide no or very few bilingual services.
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Final Plea for Unity in Llandysul School bid
05/07/2010 - 11:45
Following the close vote in the Full Council (17-14) last week about the proposed closure of all schools in the Llandysul area and establishing a school for ages 3-19. Cymdeithas yr Iaith, have made one final plea to Ceredigion County Council's cabinet members before their meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 6/7/10).
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Postcard from Tryweryn for Gwynedd Councillors
05/07/2010 - 11:21
Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith will march 70 miles to deliver personally a Giant Postcard from Tryweryn to Gwynedd Councillors ahead of a crucial vote on the future of a school which is the focus of one of the most famous village comunities in Wales.On Thursday 15th July the Full Council will be voting on a recommendation to close the Village School at Parc, near Bala, which was the birthplace of Merch
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Anti-Welsh language bodies benefit from language law - Porthmadog rally
19/06/2010 - 13:17
Protestors will complain that bodies with anti-Welsh language policies will benefit from government plans for a new language law in Porthmadog today (Saturday 19th June).The North Wales NHS Trust will come under heavy criticism for its failure to provide services in Welsh - concerns will also be expressed that not one of the body's directors speaks Welsh. In a recent report, European watchdog Comex criticised the NHS in Wales for failing to provide enough Welsh language services.Poet Twm Morys and singer Ceri Cunnington will also address the protest.
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Anti-Welsh language bodies benefit from language law - Porthmadog rally
18/06/2010 - 11:46
Protestors will complain that bodies with anti-Welsh language policies will benefit from government plans for a new language law in Porthmadog today (Saturday 19th June).The North Wales NHS Trust will come under heavy criticism for its failure to provide services in Welsh - concerns will also be expressed that not one of the body's directors speaks Welsh. In a recent report, European watchdog Comex criticised the NHS in Wales for failing to provide enough Welsh language services.Poet Twm Morys and singer Ceri Cunnington will also address the protest.
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Bangor university head non-Welsh speaker: campaigners' disappointment
11/06/2010 - 13:56
Campaigners reacted with disappointment after Bangor University decided to recommend appointing a non-Welsh speaking head today (Friday 11th June).Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) argues that the University still has the chance to place a legal duty on the successful candidate to learn Welsh.Over recent weeks, students, staff and campaign groups across north Wales have asked University officials to reverse their
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Groups call for government to change Language Law
10/06/2010 - 10:49
Fourteen major language groups have made a written plea for changes to the Assembly Government's Welsh language law plans. In an open letter to the Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones, the organisations and individuals - including teaching union UCAC, Friends of the Earth Cymru and language specialist Professor Colin Williams - argue:"The language is facing threats from many directions: cuts in S4C's budget, the Assembly scrapping its bilingual record of proceedings, and the future of Welsh-medium education in the capital city.
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Look Out! Pirates are coming to the Urdd Eisteddfod!
31/05/2010 - 11:38
A crowd of young pirates will be making their way to the Ceredigion Council Pavilion as Cymdeithas yr Iaith take the battle for the future of Welsh-medium Village schools to the Urdd Eisteddfod field today (Monday May 31st).Cymdeithas will potray Ceredigion Council officials as one-eyed pirates who have built their own expensive new safe havens in Aberystwyth and Aberaeron, with new council offices, and are now raiding the rural communities to steal local people's treasures, the village schools.Cymdeithas Dyfed organiser, Angharad Clwyd, explained:"Children are dressing up as one-eyed p
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