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A dramatic diversion does not help
04.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
PRESENTATION SECONDARY SCHOOL, DUBLIN: MANY OF the 40 Leaving Cert students at Presentation Secondary School in Dublin privately claimed not to be nervous on the first day of their exams yesterday, but one pupil made her feelings public by throwing up shortly after receiving the first English paper.
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Fashion, films and geisha girls fuel 17 pages
04.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
EXAM DIARY: WHEN I did the Leaving Cert for the first time, I spent the 11th hour sweating over Shakespeare. When I did it for the second time, I unwound with a cup of cocoa and an early night.
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Trade union chiefs stress treaty gains for workers
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
WORKERS' RIGHTS: Senior figuers in the trade union movement have urged a Yes vote on the Lisbon Treaty, stressing the advantages to be gained by Irish workers if the Charter of Fundamental Rights is incorporated into Irish law.
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Group says child charter depends on treaty
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: The pro-treaty campaign group is calling on women to vote Yes in acknowledgement of the progress made by the EU in securing equality for women and to ensure that these rights are protected in the future.
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Rejection of treaty would be greeted with 'great relief' in France
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
ANTI-TREATY MEETING: RE 1edc JECTION OF the treaty would be greeted with "great relief" in France, a member of the French Socialist Party national executive has said.
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IFA chief says Yes camp is gaining strength
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
FARMERS: IRISH FARMERS’ Association president Pádraig Walshe yesterday said he would be able to increase the farming sector’s Yes vote “substantially” following his organisation’s recommendation to farmers on Tuesday to back the Lisbon Treaty.
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FF, FG and Labour in joint call for Yes vote
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
CROSS-PARTY CAMPAIGN: A YES VOTE on the Lisbon Treaty is vitally important for Ireland's continued growth and development, the three main political parties said yesterday in their first joint press conference of the referendum campaign.
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Joint canvass by party leaders likely to take place on Monday, says Kenny
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
PARTY LEADERS: THE JOINT canvass involving Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore is likely to take place on Monday, Mr Kenny said yesterday.
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Ministers try to turn finance workers into Yes bankers
04.06.2008 23:44
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Nine Ministers focused on the financial sector yesterday and canvassed a bank, reports Genevieve Carbery.
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'This treaty is a load of gobbledegook.' 'Deliberately so,' interjects Morgan
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
One woman wanted to know if a Yes vote would mean 'we'd get Michael McDowell back', writes Kathy Sheridan from the campaign trail.
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REFERENDUM DIGEST
04.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
News and diary dates from the campaign trail compiled by Olivia Kelly.
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North's scars reveal challenges for future
04.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
Some say raking over the past is futile, but the past is still a key part of life for many in Northern Ireland, where creating a real future is the long-delayed priority, wrties Bryan Coll.
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Still standing, but who is watching?
04.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
Junior Orange marches unofficially opened the North's parades season last weekend to little applause or trouble, writes Bryan Coll.
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