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Developer must pay €1.05m to golfing pro
09.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
THE HIGH Court has made an order that Irish golf professional John McHenry should be paid some €1.05 million for golf development consultancy services provided to Northern Ireland businessman Alastair Jackson and some of his companies.
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Birthing pool baby died from breathing in water
09.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
A BABY boy who was delivered in a birthing pool died three days later as a result of an "acute near-drowning event" after he breathed in water, an inquest has heard.
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Warning over Irish 'sabotage' of treaty
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
IRISH ALLIANCE FOR EUROPE: IRELAND WILL not win goodwill in Europe by "sabotaging the work of 27 governments over seven years", former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald said yesterday.
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Ratification of treaty a 'political priority' Cowen, Kenny and Gilmore press for Yes vote
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
JOINT APPEAL: THE LEADERS of the three main political parties yesterday said that ensuring the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty was a political priority for Ireland that obliged them to transcend their political differences and allegiances.
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Better deal is possible, says Ganley
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
LIBERTAS: THE FOUNDER of anti-Lisbon Treaty group Libertas has reiterated his belief that a "better deal" can be negotiated if the Lisbon Treaty is rejected.
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Trade unions Siptu leader says he believes Ireland cannot get better deal from EU
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
SIPTU PRESIDENT Jack O'Connor has sought to clarify the union's position on the Lisbon Treaty, saying he does not believe a better deal is possible.
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Ahern calls on Yes parties to intensify canvassing
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
CAMPAIGN PLEA: FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has urged the Yes parties to intensify door-to-door canvassing in the run-up to Thursday's referendum, declaring that an Irish rejection would be "very bad" for the country and its image abroad.
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Irish 'will be first victims' of No vote
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
FRENCH WARNING: IF IRELAND votes No to the Lisbon Treaty, the French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner warned yesterday that "the first victim . . . would be the Irish".
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Lisbon rejection would put Ireland 'in hands of Sarkozy'
09.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
TWO-TIER EU: IRELAND WILL be placing its future relationship with the EU in the hands of French president Nicolas Sarkozy if it votes against the Lisbon Treaty, according to a French EU law lecturer.
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SF lists items it would seek in new treaty
09.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
SEANAD: SINN FÉIN Senator Pearse Doherty has accused the Government of using "scare tactics" in the Lisbon debate because it could not sell a "bad deal" to the people.
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Libertas sources of funding will not be disclosed
09.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
CAMPAIGN SPENDING: A SPOKESMAN for the Libertas campaign against the Lisbon Treaty has rejected an estimate by Fianna Fáil that it has spent €1.8 million on its campaign.
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Early start for referendum voting on Donegal islands
09.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
The gardaí brought the ballot box, the electoral staff were at the ready on Tory Island but the islanders themselves were slow to turn out. In fact the other islanders too showed a distinct lack of interest yesterday in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, writes Paddy Clancy.
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Gormley warns of poorer deal for Irish if No side wins
09.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
GREEN PARTY: IRELAND COULD end up being faced with a poorer deal if it rejects the Lisbon Treaty in Thursday's referendum, Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, has said.
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Pssst, Google has a secret - it's an interesting, lively treaty debate
09.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
Ignoring a suggestion to spoil their ballots, young voters elect to keep the debate rockin', writes Róisín Ingle at the interactive web debate, Google HQ, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
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