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Lisbon Treaty - Cowen must insist on an end to ratification process (Free article)
19 June 2008
During a debate on the Lisbon Treaty in Leinster House on Wednesday, Sinn Féin Dáil group leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD rightly described Thursday, 12 June 2008 as a day that "deserves to be remembered as a great day for democracy in Ireland and in Europe".
Mála Poist (Free article)
19 June 2008
Cuireann An Phoblacht fáilte roimh litreacha ónár léitheoirí. Scríobh i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla, 200 focal ar a méid. Déantar giorrú ar litreachta más gá. Cuir do litir chuig [email protected] An Phoblacht welcomes readers' letters. Write in Irish or English, 200 words maximum. Letters may be edited for brevity. Send your letters to…
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
19 June 2008
IT SMELLED to high heaven and, as one observer noted, it was a stench that came from an institution in terminal decay and which had no recourse other than to sup with the devil. The vote in the British House of Commons last week when the nine DUP members and three mavericks (described by some newspapers as 'The Dirty Dozen') shamelessly threw a…
Lisbon Treaty rejection : How the campaigns played out (Free article)
19 June 2008
THE UNTHINKABLE has happened. With a high turn-out and a wide margin, the 'No' campaign has defeated the Lisbon Treaty. The responses from the Government, the 'Yes' campaign more generally, and their partners across the EU have ranged from the measured to the extreme.
Cúlchaint (Free article)
19 June 2008
Is dóigh liom nár chreid an formhór againn a chruinnigh le chéile san Ospidéal Ríoga, Cill Mhaighneann, oíche Shathairn seo a chuaigh thart go mbeadh deis againn riamh Leonard Cohen a fheiceáil beo ar stáitse. Tá 15 bliain ann ón uair dheireanach a rinne sé turas ná seónna. Anois, ag am ina shaol nuair a bheadh oirfidigh eile ag lorg an phinsin in…
Lisbon Treaty rejection : Sinn Féin's crucial role (Free article)
19 June 2008
WHAT a difference a year makes. Last year, in the aftermath of our profoundly disappointing general election campaign, along with a number of other party activists, I contributed to the debate on the next steps for our party with an article in An Phoblacht.
Matt Treacy (Free article)
19 June 2008
CIARA decided that a birthday party for one of her chums would be more fun than going to see the Dublin hurlers - as if! (I really am watching too much Nickelodeon these days.)
Lisbon Treaty rejection : How the numbers stacked up (Free article)
19 June 2008
WITHIN an hour of the first ballot boxes being opened, party officials across the political spectrum were calling the referendum as a 'No' to the Lisbon Treaty. The earliest tallies showed that the 'No' vote had swung the day despite a high turn-out, which would have been seen traditionally as a boost for the 'Yes' side in any referendum.
Media View (Free article)
19 June 2008
THE wailing and gnashing of teeth from Tara Street, Abbey Street and Montrose could be heard all over the country last week as the ungrateful, ignorant loo-lahs of Ireland refused, in that time-honoured Irish tradition, to accept the judgment of their betters on the Lisbon referendum.
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