The president of a new far-wing party has alleged that immigrants should leave the country, as they contributed to the collapse in the economy.

Latest: The Merrion Hotel have responded to outrage on Twitter and have confirmed that they will not be hosting the event.

A children's cake sparked a bomb scare after airport security staff mistook it for an explosive device.

A physically stronger Westmeath progressed to the Leinster MFC semi-finals on Saturday but were made work for their three-point victory by battling Wicklow at Aughrim.

IN June last year, 20 Roma families, including many small children, were forced to move out of the Village area of Belfast following an organised campaign of harassment against them.

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”.

IT appears that immigration and its impact on the Irish labour market is set to be as big an issue in the first months of 2006 as it was in the last months of 2005.

BRITISH scientists have been given the go-ahead to clone human embryos for medical research.

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TV personality and political newcomer Mairéad McGuinness has amazed pundits with a huge majority in the East constituency in the European elections.

INDEPENDENT candidate Justin Barrett is wary about campaigning in banks.

Referendums make for the strangest of bedfellows, and this one is no different. Paul O’Brien profiles some leading campaigners.

Anti-abortion and anti-immigration campaigner Justin Barrett has confirmed his intention to contest the upcoming European election as an independent candidate.

CINEMAS are expected to be booked solid for screenings of Mel Gibson’s controversial The Passion of the Christ when it opens in Ireland on Friday.

The Irish pro-life group Youth Defence has criticised the announcement that a medical team has implanted a cloned embryo into a woman to produce a child.

CUTS in rent supplements will put pregnant women under even more pressure, the Crisis Pregnancy Agency has warned.

JUSTIN BARRETT’S No to Nice campaign received over €30,000 in donations, according to a report from the election watchdog.

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THE European Union, cheered by Ireland's weekend approval of a treaty on EU enlargement, braced for battle yesterday over the costs of admitting the 10, mostly impoverished ex-communist countries waiting to join.

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

LAWS requiring groups campaigning in referenda to say where they get their money are to be examined, Environment Minister Martin Cullen said yesterday.

THE Nice Treaty will be endorsed the second time around, according to an opinion poll published yesterday showing 41% support for the Yes side.

NO to Nice parties are continuing to press for a Dáil declaration in support of enlargement of the European Union ahead of next week’s referendum.

Fine Gael Party Chairman Bernard Durkan has said hit out at 'No to Nice' spokesman Justin Barrett

The chief spokesman in the "No" to Nice campaign has rejected suggestions that he has close links with an extreme right wing party in Germany.

THE No to Nice campaigner Justin Barrett accused the Yes camp of desperation yesterday by trying to whip up controversy over a book he is refusing to allow Fianna Fáil to read.

CAMPAIGNERS on opposite sides of the Nice Treaty debate conflicted yesterday over how the outcome of the Referendum will affect the economy. Labour leader Ruairí Quinn said the economy will be damaged if the Nice Treaty is rejected, while the No campaign claimed the reverse is true.

MINSTER for Europe Dick Roche insisted yesterday the Government had not done a U-turn on its accession policy for workers from new EU states in a bid to secure a Yes vote in the Nice Treaty referendum.

THE Labour Party is turning its back on neutrality and deserting public service workers by backing the Nice Treaty, the Green Party said yesterday.

ANTI-EU Nice Treaty campaigners last night were taken to task for a poster described as dangerous and offensive because it evoked suicide.

The "No to Nice" group has launched its campaign for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming re-run of the Nice Treaty referendum.

Sinn Fein is being accused of burying its head in the sand in relation to allegations that ratification of the Nice Treaty will lead to a flood of foreign workers.