DUBLIN (Reuters) – Bookmaker Paddy Power has cut the odds on a “No” vote in a second Irish referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon treaty after a flow of punters gambled on another defeat, a spokeswoman said on Friday. Irish voters, representing less than 1 percent of the 27-nation bloc’s population, will once again decide [...]
STEPHEN COLLINS, Political Editor SINN FÉIN vice-president Mary Lou McDonald has dismissed the legal guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty secured by the Irish Government from its EU partners as nothing more than a series of clarifications. Speaking in Dublin at the launch of her party’s campaign for a No vote in the forthcoming referendum, she [...]
OPINION: A long Irish tradition favouring neutrality and independence should encourage us to vote No in second vote on Lisbon, writes ROGER COLE FOR GENERATIONS some Irish people have fought for Irish independence, democracy and neutrality, while others have fought for imperialism. The second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is just another battle in this [...]
rawstory.com Ex-employees claim Blackwater pimped out young Iraqi girls By David Edwards and Muriel Kane Since the revelation earlier this week of allegations by two former employees of security firm Blackwater that its owner was complicit in murder in order to cover up the deliberate killing of Iraqi civilians, explosive charges have continued to emerge. [...]
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