The yes campaign looks solidly on track to win the fiscal treaty referendum, according to the latest opinion poll.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accepted an invitation to a summit of Nato leaders in Portugal next month.

IN his letter (January 11) concerning the bishops and Cóir, Barry Walsh makes at least two errors that must be corrected.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs has defended a decision to finance weighty research into why voters backed the Lisbon Treaty.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin is beginning a three-day visit to the US today.

In the real world, there is no way the Conservatives would spend their first months in power expending political capital on a referendum on Europe if Lisbon had already been ratified. As a political priority, Britain’s debt crisis puts Europe in the shade. But can they just hack the treaty? That seems unlikely too

A LETTER writer to the Irish Examiner during the week asked if the manner in which John O’Donoghue was essentially forced to step down as Ceann Comhairle was “trial by media and mob justice.” There can be little doubt that there was an element of this in what happened. People are becoming dangerously exasperated.

Tory leader David Cameron was tonight under increasing pressure to declare whether he would press ahead with his promised referendum on the controversial Lisbon Treaty, even if it has been fully accepted by the rest of the European Union.

Irish voters have made a mistake by apparently backing the Lisbon Treaty, Libertas leader Declan Ganley claimed today.

Ireland has nothing to lose and everything to gain by voting no to the Lisbon Treaty, Libertas leader Declan Ganley said today.

The Green Party leader John Gormley has said today that the latest FÁS controversy is acting as a distraction from the Lisbon Treaty campaign.

BORD Gáis is investing almost €280 million in a gas storage facility in Northern Ireland and is in talks about a similar facility at Kinsale.

WORK-HUNGRY TDs are set to agree new Dáil schedules to cut their holidays and get started earlier each morning.

A NEW opinion poll shows that more than 80% of farmers will vote yes in the Lisbon referendum.

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.

FORMER tánaiste and justice minister Michael McDowell has added fuel to speculation that he intends to return to politics by joining the Yes side in the Lisbon Treaty campaign.

Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof tonight warned the Government was not spending enough on developing new technologies.

THE shadow of multi-millionaire Declan Ganley fell dramatically across the Lisbon campaign yesterday as he appeared poised to re-enter the fight for another No vote.

HOUSE prices will continue to slide until 2012, it has been claimed, as construction chiefs were told the industry will never be the same again.

THE EU as a world power is a phrase that is cropping up during the Lisbon treaty campaign.

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore is refusing to accept the yes side is losing in the Lisbon treaty campaign.

The Ireland for Europe group is to launch its national campaign for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum later today.

Sinn Féin's executive has been holding meetings in Dublin this afternoon to plan its campaign strategy as polling day in the Lisbon Treaty Referendum draws nearer.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has called on voters to put their anger with the Government aside when voting in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

Fine Gael will launch its campaign for the Lisbon Treaty Referendum later today.

TRADE union leaders opposed to the Lisbon treaty have called for the group tasked with providing objective information on both sides of the Lisbon debate to step down amid claims of pro-treaty bias.

A delegation from employers' organisation IBEC today met in Brussels with senior European Union officials to outline the view of Irish employers on the serious economic challenges facing both Ireland and the EU.

IT WAS one of those panels studded with the famous, lucid and loquacious.

SINN Féin is having problems rallying grassroots members to raise cash for their anti-Lisbon Treaty campaign, a senior party member admitted yesterday.

BROADCASTERS have welcomed clarification of their responsibilities ahead of the Lisbon Referendum and regulatory clearance not to be compelled to split coverage 50/50.

A new group has launched a campaign today urging Irish women to support the Lisbon Treaty when the referendum on the matter is re-run on October 2.

The Cabinet has discussed draft legislation to establish the National Assets Management Agency.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has appealed to people to read the report of An Bord Snip Nua carefully and not react based on selfish interests.

The Labour Party is vowing to launch an Obama-style campaign to secure a 'yes' vote in the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

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

The Taoiseach has strongly indicated that the recommendations of An Bord Snip Nua will be published.

The date for the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum may be announced later today when the Government publishes the bill paving the way for the vote.

DAIRY products now share the spotlight in Europe with the Lisbon Treaty, the Iran election, and climate change.

THERE is still huge uncertainty over whether guarantees regarding neutrality, abortion and taxation will be attached as protocols to the Lisbon treaty – a key demand of the Government for re-running the referendum.

IN the aftermath of the humiliation inflicted on Fianna Fáil and their current but wavering partners the Greens in last week’s elections, emboldened opposition members enjoyed goading government figures, challenging them to immediately call a general election.

LIBERTAS founder Declan Ganley has been accused of exploiting people’s sensitivities over ethical issues to get himself elected to the European Parliament.

OPPONENTS to the Lisbon Treaty have softened their position in the last three months amidst the ongoing economic turmoil.