A number of artists have expressed their sympathy and horror in the wake of the attacks on Nice in the form of drawings and cartoons.

With Brexit vote on European Union status just weeks away, the apathy of the young may be key, say Mary C Murphy and John O’Brennan

THE Government may struggle to recover any of the €55m wasted on electronic voting machines, admitting they may end up being scrapped rather than sold.

“THE voting machines worked quite well in the last election — they worked excellently. Fine Gael is afraid of them and wants to return to paper and pencils. Even though we are a country of technology, Fine Gael would rather go back to the old way — a haon, a dó, a trí and use the pencils.”

CLLR Bronwen Maher of the Green party (Letters, July 17) says that “one of the key findings of the recent European Commission survey among those who voted no to the Lisbon Treaty was a concern to safeguard Irish neutrality”.

Anti-social behaviour in one of Dublin’s most popular tourist spots is to be targeted by a new campaign, it emerged today.

MOST of the European decision-making mechanism is now on vacation but in September we will see what portfolios will be allotted to Charlie McCreevy, Peter Mandelson and their various new Commission colleagues.

JUSTIN BARRETT’S No to Nice campaign received over €30,000 in donations, according to a report from the election watchdog.

TENS of thousands of workers from Eastern Europe will be free to live and work in Ireland from May next year.

By Noel Whelan I SPENT one morning last week in the company of a group of journalists, officials, academics and europhiles listening to a presentation of data and analysis arising from an opinion poll.

Pat Cox MEP, President of the European Parliament, received uproarious applause when he was presented with the 2002 European Movement / Aer Rianta European of the Year Award by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at a gala reception in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, today.

A growing number of business chiefs are supporting the Government's push for a 'yes' vote in the upcoming Nice Treaty referendum.

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THE Taoiseach and Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy led a robust defence yesterday against criticism of the Government’s handling of the economy.

DOZENS of letters to the Irish Examiner have professed that Ireland will become marginalised, lose funding, or worse, if the last Nice referendum result is reaffirmed next month.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will today try to allay Fianna Fail backbenchers’ fears about economic cutbacks and also seek their active support in the upcoming Nice referendum campaign.

LESS than four months ago, Bertie Ahern was High King of Ireland. As head of the first Government to be re-elected since 1969, he was hailed as the most popular politician since Jack Lynch, who in his day had been dubbed the most popular since Daniel O’Connell.

The chairman of the National Forum on Europe has said he expects the group’s meetings to be dominated by the Nice Treaty debate between now and the upcoming referendum.

I VOTED against the Nice Treaty last year and I do not have any objection per se to another go at the issue. After all, there has been more than one referenda on matters relating to the dissolution of marriage and the lives of our unborn children.

THE Government faces the threat of nationwide industrial disruption with up to half-a-million workers being urged to protest over employers’ failure to honour redundancy payment orders.

THE independent body responsible for informing the public on referenda has been given a record budget for the second round of the Nice Treaty campaign.

The Government is today announcing the wording for a new referendum to secure electoral approval for the Treaty of Nice plan to expand the European Union.

An opinion poll published this morning has shown a rise in support for the Nice Treaty.

Opposition parties have sharply criticised the Government for rushing the new Referendum Bill through both houses of the Oireachtas today.

The Taoiseach has re-iterated his concern over the funding of the No to Nice campaign.