British Conservative Party leader David Cameron was urged today to stop “plotting” with the Czech Republic to block the Lisbon treaty in the wake of the apparent Irish 'Yes' referendum vote.

Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue spent more than €200,000 of taxpayers’ money on perks including top class flights, limousines and VIP airport lounges over the past two years, it was revealed today.

SERIOUS doubts overshadowed a way forward for a children’s rights referendum last night after the Government effectively kicked to touch any plans to adapt its two-year-old proposals for a constitutional change.

JOBS were at the fore of the Lisbon Treaty debate yesterday with both sides arguing how ratification could affect workers’ rights.

Chambers Ireland today called on the Referendum Commission to clarify the validity of anti-Lisbon groupr Cóir’s contention that the minimum wage will fall to €1.84 should the Lisbon Treaty referendum be passed.

IN his letter headlined ‘Yes campaign has credibility problem’ (July 20), Jack Lane’s attack on the status of the legal guarantees was based on skewed logic.

IN explaining the wide-ranging cuts outlined in his Bord Snip report, Colm McCarthy stressed that the country was borrowing €400m a week.

THE Government has sought fully to address the concerns of the Irish people as expressed in last year’s Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness today insisted threats to the North’s economy by the Republic’s toxic assets agency were being taken seriously.

The second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will be held on October 2, Taoiseach Brian Cowen announced today.

BOG owners have been granted a year-long reprieve from a ban on turf-cutting that is expected to come into force at the start of 2010.

Sinn Féin is dismissing the results of a new opinion poll showing a significant swing in favour of the Lisbon Treaty.

The first meeting of the inaugural Dáil Committee on the Lisbon Treaty today sparked a row between the Yes and No sides.

LIBERTAS leader Declan Ganley was in Brussels recently addressing a group of Eurosceptic MEPs. Before the Lisbon Treaty referendum, he said the Irish people should vote against and renegotiate it.

The Lisbon Treaty referendum can be challenged and made invalid due to the meaningless use of the Irish language, supposedly the first official language of this State.

A second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is the only way for Europe to make progress, a senior French politician said today.

Peter Mandelson shrugged off a bruising assault from Nicolas Sarkozy over the EU’s Lisbon Treaty crisis today – insisting the French president’s comments had actually been “tactful and diplomatic”.

THE famously talkative Catholic Church — never short of an opinion or two on anything and everything that goes on in Ireland — remained noticeably quiet throughout this whole Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign.

AFTER the Lisbon Treaty referendum result, Bertie must be smiling all the way through Drumcondra.

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny said the Taoiseach must ensure that Ireland remains a central player in the European process, following the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Thursday’s referendum.

THREE arguments are normally proffered in support of a yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

The Lisbon Treaty campaign in Ireland has proved more divisive than previous national debates on abortion and divorce, it was claimed today.

The Lisbon Treaty campaign is expected to reach a peak today as voters prepare to go to the polls in 48 hours.

The trade union, Unite, is backing a proposal from Sinn Féin for trade union recognition.

The Lisbon Treaty campaign continues today with party leaders on country-wide constituency visits.

Employers body IBEC has welcomed today's Irish Times TNS/MRBI Lisbon Treaty poll which showed a nine-point gain for the Yes vote.

New Progressive Democrats leader Ciaran Cannon is due to launch his party's campaign for a 'yes' vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum today.

THE horror of Nazi gas chambers was invoked by Fine Gael last night as a reason to vote yes for the Lisbon treaty, while the party accused opponents of stooping to “scare tactics”.

MILLIONAIRE businessman Ulick McEvaddy has urged a no vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum, describing the text of the treaty as “unintelligible drivel”.

PJ McELHONE (Letters, April 7) rightly points out the historical benefits of the EU to this country.

AN ANTI-IMMIGRATION group is urging a No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum on the grounds that it will lessen the country’s controls over its own borders.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was today challenged to name a date for his country’s referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny will travel to Brussels today for a series of meetings about the upcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.