IRISH officials are holding bilateral meetings over the weekend with representatives from other EU member states to iron out any difficulties over the Lisbon Treaty guarantees.

LIBERTAS founder Declan Ganley has rejected claims that US interests opposed to Lisbon funded his organisation’s campaign against the treaty.

THE US State Department said it had unconfirmed reports that militias backed by the Sudanese government were continuing to launch attacks in Darfur despite a cease-fire agreement.