For the political and media establishment in Ireland there is probably only one thing causing more sleepless nights than the possibility of losing the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty this year. That is the possibility of Sinn Féin, as the only significant party calling for a No vote, being seen as leading such a campaign. Free article

Madonna’s Irish republican guy

‘MR MADONNA’, film director Guy ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ Ritchie, was in New York just before Christmas to relaunch his crime thriller, Revolver.
A journalist from New York Magazine asked Madge’s English man what his musical tastes are. Madge piped up: “He’s an Irish folk song guy.”
Lest anyone think the gangster movie maker and all-round... Free article