Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has told the Humbert School in Co Mayo that Ireland faces being left at the edge of European matters if the Lisbon Treaty is rejected for a second time.

One of the country’s leading summer schools is to honour victims of clerical child abuse, it was revealed today.

Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy is to be honoured at the Humbert Summer School for his work on piloting garda reforms, it emerged today.

The Fine Gael leader, Michael Noonan, has said a mechanism must be found for a comprehensive debate on any future referenda.