THE controversy concerning the Centre for Public Inquiry is cast as a tussle about the respective bona fides of Frank Connolly and Michael McDowell.

“THE biggest load of sh*te I’ve ever heard;” “The usual suspects” - two of the responses from observers following the launch of the Campaign Against the EU Constitution in Dublin this week.

THE EU constitution would lead to a less democratic union where “corporate profits would take priority over the needs of ordinary people”, a new alliance claimed yesterday.

The Action from Ireland (Afri) group has submitted a questionnaire to all candidates in the upcoming election asking them to spell out their positions on a range of global issues.