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Obama takes on McCain
08.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
BARACK OBAMA has won a famous victory in securing the Democratic Party nomination for the US presidential election. His message of hope and change, his powerful oratory, attractive personality and strong organisational abilities gave him the victory over Hillary Clinton. The nomination was hers to lose and she lost it, as she acknowledged in her weekend speech, paying tribute to Mr Obama's grace, grit and energy and looking forward to his victory over John McCain in November. Attention now shifts to that real contest. It could be much closer than many expect.
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Defence complaints
08.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
IRELAND GAVE a lead to the rest of Europe when it established the position of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in 2005. Since then, the work of Paulyn Marrinan Quinn has attracted international interest and she has provided information and guidance to a number of countries considering a similar initiative. Against this background, it is unfortunate that the work of the office is now being inhibited by a lack of resources.
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Vote No for Fear. Vote Yes for Hope. The choice is ours
08.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
Our world is changing rapidly, not least our EU role, but endorsing the Lisbon Treaty is merely to update the rule book, writes Tony Kinsella
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Online: join the debate at ireland.com/head2head
08.06.2008 23:36
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Last week, Andy Storey and Tom Clonan debated the question Would the Lisbon Treaty entangle Ireland in a military alliance? Here is an edited selection of your comments
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No vote would precipitate a major European crisis
08.06.2008 23:36
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OPINION: If the Lisbon Treaty is rejected, the main beneficiaries are likely to be the far right xenophobes, racists and euro-sceptics - Irish and European, writes John Palmer
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No better deal if we reject treaty
08.06.2008 23:36
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OPINION: The contrast between what Europe was and what it has become is so great that I feel I must listen carefully when those who represent us in the EU today express concern, writes Noel Dorr
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Goalkeeper badly burned as ice hockey match goes up in flames
08.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
IRISH TIMES ODDITIES/Goalkeeper on fire: An unprecedented incident at an ice hockey match in Toronto occurred yesterday. The "puck" (the rubber ring used instead of a ball) struck the goalkeeper, who had a box of matches and a celluloid comb in his pocket, writes Allen Foster.
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An Irishman's Diary
08.06.2008 23:36
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DURING one of those gloriously sunny days we enjoyed recently, I climbed to the top of a small hill in Howth to reach the radio museum housed in a Martello tower. The view of Ireland's Eye, Lambay and the great strand at Portmarnock equalled anything you'd see around Sorrento. Rhododendrons in full bloom heightened the vista, writes Hugh Oram
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