“YOU don’t win a referendum campaign in six weeks,” Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin remarked over the weekend as he discussed the preparations that helped the Yes side win.

EUROPE Minister Dick Roche has become the first member of Government to express an interest in the job as Ireland’s European Commissioner, saying he would like to take up the position when Charlie McCreevy’s term ends next month.

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

THE impact of Government cutbacks on the employment of agricultural graduates is one of the key items for discussion at the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) annual conference on September 11.

IRELAND soccer captain Robbie Keane and U2’s The Edge are among the high-profile celebrity names who will be campaigning for a yes vote in the Lisbon treaty referendum, the date of which is expected to be formally decided tomorrow.