The daughter of the man who secured the right of Irish people to vote on EU treaties today urged the electorate to reject the latest reform package.

CONTROVERSY over the golden handshake to former Fás boss Rody Molloy has entered the Lisbon campaign, with Sinn Féin referring to the Government’s handling of the issue in the party’s call for a No vote in Friday’s referendum.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is expected to meet with Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and his Labour counterpart Eamon Gilmore tomorrow to discuss co-operation on the Lisbon campaign.

Campaigners for the Lisbon Treaty today launched a new website which they claim detects lies about the charter.

ANTI-LISBON treaty group Coir’s poster campaign was condemned by Minster for European Affairs Dick Roche, who said the group was “trading on mis-truths and misrepresentation of people’s fears”.

FINE GAEL and Labour played down fears last night that the urge to punish the Government could sway voters into rejecting the Lisbon treaty for a second time.

People’s Movement chairperson Patricia McKenna has accused the Government of engaging in a cynical exercise of “political manipulation”.

SENATOR Deirdre de Burca admitted it will be a “tough contest” to win back the European Parliament seat the Green party lost in Dublin in 2004.

FORMER MEP and anti-Lisbon campaigner Patricia McKenna said she will not seek the Green party nomination to contest a seat in next year’s European election because she would be forced to toe the Government line.

FRANCE will not find a solution to the impasse caused by Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon treaty during its EU presidency, according to Nicholas Sarkozy.

THE rejection of the Lisbon treaty by the Irish people was “clear and decisive” Patricia McKenna of the People’s Movement told the French president.

JUSTICE and home affairs have hardly registered in the debate on the Lisbon referendum despite huge reservations raised by the Government during the treaty’s negotiations.

THE Campaign Against the EU Constitution — formed in 2005 — is a broad coalition of progressive and left-wing political parties, organisations, trade unionists and individuals committed to democracy, peace, justice, Irish neutrality and equality.

FORMER Green MEP Patricia McKenna has accused the Government — which includes her own party — of engaging in a “political conspiracy” to pass the Lisbon Treaty.