A new opinion poll shows the outcome of the May 31 European Fiscal Treaty referendum is wide open, with four in 10 voters still undecided.

Late May was emerging as the most likely date for the EU fiscal union referendum last night.

It is understood the businessman and former Libertas leader Declan Ganley is planning to sue RTÉ for defamation.

IRELAND is being run by “mad people in Brussels”, Gay Byrne has claimed, in withering comments which expose a clear division with his potential backers for the presidency, Fianna Fáil.

A former President of the European Commission is maintaining the EU cannot move to force Ireland's hand on corporation tax.

ARTICLE five of the constitution declares Ireland to be “a sovereign, independent, democratic state“.

The worst suspicions of Ireland’s “forgotten county” were realised today as it emerged Donegal does not exist on the maps of the Government‘s crisis response headquarters.

IRELAND’S next EU commissioner promised to stop the talking and turn scientific research into jobs and help Europe find its way out of the economic crisis.

THE Government faces a barrage of criticism today as it tries to extend the Dáil’s Christmas holidays by a week.

THE ongoing media exposure of virtually every agency of church and state, revealing a shambles of ineptitude, dishonesty and wrongdoing, is indicative of a country whose morality in high places is confined to feathering one’s own nest, blowing one’s own trumpet and protecting one’s own party or institution at any cost.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will hold high-level meetings on the undocumented Irish in Washington DC today.

MIDDLE Ireland came out of its deep slumber on Lisbon Treaty referendum day and restored our belief that we still live in a healthy democracy.

John O'Donoghue is set to stand down as Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil today as a result of the controversy surrounding his expenses claims in recent years.

The normal cut-and-thrust of Irish politics is set to resume today when the Dáil convenes for the first time since the passing of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

The Government was given a warning that now that the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign is over, the Labour Party will redouble efforts to secure a change of government.

Business groups representing interests at home and abroad have welcomed the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Some 67.1% of those who voted in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum yesterday cast their ballots in favour of the EU reform package, according to today's official result.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has spoken by phone to the Taoiseach Brian Cowen to congratulate him on the 'Yes' result in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

IBEC has welcomed news of a decisive 'Yes' vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Ireland was on course today to back the Lisbon Treaty with a resounding two-to-one majority for the 'Yes' campaign.

No campaigners are conceding defeat in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Libertas leader Declan Ganley has conceded the 'Yes' vote has been carried in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Voters have backed the Lisbon Treaty referendum at a second time of asking, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said today.

Early indications indicate a 'Yes' vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, just over an hour after counting commenced this morning.

Turnout in yesterday's re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum was reportedly slightly higher than the first time round.

COUNTING in the Lisbon Treaty referendum gets under way this morning with the official result expected to be declared in the late afternoon.

Voting levels in the Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run received the expected evening surge, with turnout across the country around 50% in the hours before polling stations shut their doors.

Voting has been slow in the Lisbon Treaty referendum so far today.

Turnout so far today in the Lisbon Treaty referendum is reported to be slow, with around 7% of voters having cast their ballots by lunchtime.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has today called on voters to come out and cast their ballots in today's re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Voting is underway across the country in the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

European eyes will be on Ireland tomorrow as some three million people cast their votes on the crucial Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run.

A car showroom was gearing up for poll position today as one of the most unusual voting stations for the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, has insisted that the Government will not try to re-run the Lisbon Treaty referendum a third time if the electorate votes 'no' again on Friday.

The key players in the Lisbon treaty referendum were preparing last-minute pleas to voters today, ahead of a 24-hour broadcasting black-out.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has accused the Labour Party of adopting a hypocritical approach to the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum this Friday.

DECLAN Ganley’s grand re-entry into the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign should be a positive for the Yes side.

The Dáil is due to take a two-week break today to allow TDs to canvass voters ahead of the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

A TWO thirds majority of farmers will vote Yes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, according to a Farmers Journal/Red C poll.

The Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has claimed that much of the Lisbon Treaty referendum debate has been taken up with manufactured controversies, conspiracies and misinformation.

The head of the Irish Congress of Trade Union says the Taoiseach's comments about possible cuts to public sector pay are unhelpful in the context of the upcoming Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Most people are likely to vote in the Lisbon treaty referendum this time around, according to a new study.

THE former leader of one of the world’s biggest technology companies has warned Ireland is spending far too little on education and needs to correct the shortfall immediately if the country is to have any economic future.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has launched an attack on some of the groups campaigning for a 'No' vote in the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.