News Archive

Call on Assembly Government for Leadership
29/10/2007 - 16:48
=It has become clear over the last week that the threat to village schools is not confined to Carmarthenshire, and that it is now become a national problem. School closure threats are now also affecting Anglesey and Gwynedd.
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Last Minute plea to Gwynedd County Council
25/10/2007 - 10:03
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has made a last minute plea to the leader of Gwynedd County Council to withdraw the threat to dozens of Welsh medium schools, ahead of a crucial meeting today of the Council’s Education Scrutiny Committee.In a message overnight to the leader of the Council, Cymdeithas demanded that the whole plan be put on hold to enable a countywide discussion about the future of our village sc
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Call on Gwynedd Council to listen to the voice of the people
19/10/2007 - 19:43
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called on the leaders of Gwynedd County Council to listen to and respect the wishes of the people following the release today of a strategy which could threaten the future of many Welsh-medium Village Schools in the County.
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Criticism of Equality and human Rights Commission
18/10/2007 - 23:00
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has written to the Equality and Human Rights Commision in Wales, to complain that the Commission has failed Welsh speakers by not ensuring that it has a bilingual web site.
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Council to Demolish School and Build 6 Houses on Site
15/10/2007 - 18:09
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have accused Carmarthenshire County Council of being profeteering vandals in response to the shock news that they wish to demolish Mynyddcerrig school which was only closed a month ago. The Council have applied for planning permission to develop 6 houses on the site.
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No Excuses this time say Cymdeithas
21/09/2007 - 18:13
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have reminded Carmarthenshire County Council's Planning Committee that they will be discussing the proposed housing development at Waungilwen, Drefach Velindre with a clean sheet.
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Cymdeithas take over school building
04/09/2007 - 10:30
Leading members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith stepped up the campaign for the future of Welsh-medium Village Schools by taking over a school building in the early hours of this morning. The five broke into one of the buildings of Ysgol Mynyddcerrig – closed by Carmarthenshire County Council at the end of last term – and changed the lock.
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Council set to ignore local opinion on housing development
30/08/2007 - 10:46
Carmarthenshire County Council Planning Officers are to recommend that thePlanning Committee (meeting at 10.30am Thursday 30/8 at County Hall) approve an application for 52 new houses in the village of Porthyrhyd thus doubling the size of the village.
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Cymdeithas Support Gwyl Macs Fest
28/08/2007 - 21:07
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has announced that it is a partner in one of Wales' newest and most exciting festivals in Carmarthen next weekend.
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Protest against Carmarthenshire County Council
23/07/2007 - 09:45
Over a 100 people attended a protest by parents and governors outside County Hall Carmarthen between 8.30am and 10am this morning (Monday 23 July) ahead of Carmarthenshire Council's Executive Board meeting. Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg were there supporting the protest.
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