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Ireland must remain part of decision-making process in EU
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
A second referendum on Lisbon is likely, and economic disaster and exiting the EU will loom if we reject it again, writes Peter Brennan
Ireland
Opinions
Disgrace of Lisbon vote built on fear and ignorance
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
The men who built this society would have despaired that people voted without finding out what was at stake, writes John Waters
Ireland
Opinions
Lisbon rejection offers chance to rebuild trust in public life
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
A national discussion will require real reform of how our political system operates, writes Elaine Byrne
Ireland
Opinions
Positive gay action is the only way to go
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
Pride in being gay still counts for far more than the negative attitudes of the few, writes Orla Tinsley
Ireland
Opinions
Green zone teems with life, but conceals a deadly threat
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
Daily patrols move through a beautiful but alien landscape, where one wrong step can detonate the enemy's favoured weapon, writes Lieut Paddy Bury
Ireland
Opinions
Monks serenade cheese as voters lose appetite for elections
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
THE MAGPIEAN AGRICULTURE college in Austria has found that cheeses mature better if bathed in the sound of Gregorian chants from Cistercian monks.
Ireland
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An Irishman's Diary
19.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
GOOD news for romantic saps everywhere. Contrary to what we always thought, it has emerged that women do not prefer "bad boys", as such. It's just that the latter type has lower standards than the rest of us: aiming - insofar as he aims at all - at a much wider range of targets. His apparent success rate is therefore only a product of the law of averages, writes Frank McNally
Ireland
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Rejuvenated Germany crank it up
19.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
SOCCER/Portugal 2 Germany 3: AFTER THE heavy going of the group stage games Germany threatened to make rather light work of Portugal last night at St Jakob's Park. A late Helder Postiga goal made them sweat a little towards the end but a commanding display by Joachim Loew's men, who combined power, precision and persistence to considerable effect, gave them the edge in a thrilling first quarter-final. For the first time this month they looked like potential champions.
Ireland
Sports
Yeats lands Gold Cup hat-trick with vintage display
19.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
RACING/ROYAL ASCOT REPORT AND PREVIEW: IT MAY be unfashionable but the Ascot Gold Cup has a history of special Irish horses winning it and none more special than Yeats who became just the second horse to win the great marathon prize three times in a row yesterday
Ireland
Sports
'I always did my best'; Scolari
19.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
PORTUGAL STRIKER Nuno Gomes wished new Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari well for his new "adventure" after Portugal bowed out of Euro 2008 last night. Scolari's side lost 3-2 to bring his tenure to an inglorious conclusion.
Ireland
Sports
Bilic gets players going with the right stuff
19.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
Paddy Agnew on how patriotic pride has been stirred up in Croatia's men in red and white
Ireland
Sports
West Brom are trumped as McCourt opts for Celtic
19.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
DERRY CITY midfielder Pat McCourt completed a surprise move to Celtic last night. The 24-year-old agreed personal terms with the Scottish Premier League giants and passed a medical at Glasgow's Ross Hall hospital before signing a three-year contract.
Ireland
Sports
Get well soon, the game really needs you
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
Richard Gillis on the slump facing golf's economy now the world number one is out for the rest of the season
Ireland
Sports
Lynn gets that sinking feeling
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
EUROPEAN TOUR: Matching something Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie have done on a golf course would normally delight England's David Lynn - but not what he did in Munich yesterday.
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