A turnaround in the fortunes and occupancy levels of Cork city’s premier retail boulevard Patrick Street is predicted in the next year, with significant national international brand names set to arrive and take significant floor space.

A new poll shows that almost 80% of Irish people believe the Government should not support military intervention in Syria without a UN mandate.

THEY may have rested their star names, but a largely second-string Barcelona consigned Rubin Kazan to a place in the Europa League after easing to a narrow victory at the Nou Camp.

Tottenham qualified for the last 16 as Group A winners in their maiden Champions League season after a typically high-scoring draw was coupled with a surprise 3-0 defeat for holders Inter Milan.

ALMOST €10 million has been spent in just three years on protecting US troops passing through Shannon airport on their way to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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

Liverpool winger Sebastian Leto is to join Greek outfit Panathinaikos.

France striker Djibril Cisse has completed his move to Panathinaikos from Marseille, the Greek club confirmed this afternoon.

JOSEBA LLORENTE’S strike sealed Villarreal’s place in the Champions League quarter-finals after a battling victory over Panathinaikos in Athens last night.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger yesterday described himself as “comfortable” with the decision to sell Alexander Hleb to Barcelona.

The Referendum Commission was accused of being “utterly biased” by suggesting in its information booklet that Ireland’s neutrality will not be affected by the Lisbon treaty.

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Panathinaikos are expected to complete the loan signing of Angola striker Manucho from Manchester United.

EU commissioner Charlie McCreevey has said the Irish public will be “defying their commonsense” if they vote against the EU treaty, which is a constitution in all but name.

ANTI-WAR protesters yesterday reacted angrily to suggestions that Knock Airport could be opened to US military aircraft.

Anti-war protesters reacted angrily today to suggestions that Knock Airport could be opened to US military aircraft.

IF Irish troops are sent to police the ceasefire in Lebanon they will be greeted by an unprecedentedly hostile local resistance, according to the Peace And Neutrality Alliance.

The Peace & Neutrality Alliance (PANA) are to hold a demonstration at the Dáil on Kildare Street tomorrow against the proposed Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006.

Proposed new defence legislation infringes upon Ireland’s neutrality and weakens the United Nations’ ability to effectively respond to iternational troubles, Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris said today.

The Peace and Neutrality Alliance is demanding that the Government instruct gardaí to board and inspect all US military flights landing at Shannon Airport.

THE decision by the world’s largest carrier of US troops to pull out of Shannon has been hailed as a victory for the Irish peace movement.

A referendum on the EU constitution would be an “insane” waste of money, it was claimed today.

The Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA) is due to hold a vigil outside the US Embassy in Dublin on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the US/British invasion of Iraq.

A FORMER army commandant-turned peace protester will today hand back his UN medals to highlight what he calls the cowardly actions of the Government in not upholding Ireland’s neutrality.

The Peace and Neutrality Alliance has said that the United Nations should be given temporary control over Iraq following the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein by the United States and Britain.

The Peace and Neutrality Alliance is threatening to take the Government to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Thousands of Irish people will take to the streets later today in protest at the continuing war by the US and Britain on Iraq.

SOLDIERS added razor wire to Shannon Airport’s perimeter fences last night as the army and gardaí braced for trouble at today’s anti-war protest.

MORE than 10,000 demonstrators opposed to war with Iraq are expected to hold a rally in Dublin next month.

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Celtic are level at half-time in their UEFA Cup match tonight, leading 2-1 on aggregate.

Julio Cesar Dely Valdes has given Malaga a 1-0 lead against Leeds.

Liverpool have kicked off their second leg tie with Vitesse Arnhem at Anfield.

THE spending power and weight of the Yes side was blamed by No campaigners as the deciding factor in the referendum.

SAYING No to Nice would be regarded as perverse rejection by Ireland of a fair and reasonable deal, Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen said yesterday.

MORE than 500 foreign military planes landed in airports in this country in the past year and almost 2,000 military aircraft flew in Irish airspace.

The Government is being accused of failing to secure a legally binding protocol over our military arrangements.

IN JUNE 2001, in a free, fair and democratic referendum, the Irish people voted to reject the Nice Treaty.

One of the groups campaigning for a No vote to Nice is establishing a fund to take a legal challenge against a second referendum on the Treaty.