OH, when cringe and current affairs combine to produce the perfect picture of the political zeitgeist.

Sinn Féin has been accused of misrepresenting the views of three economists quoted on party literature urging voters to reject the EU Fiscal treaty.

The president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, is visiting Dublin today for a series of meeting that are set to be dominated by discussions on the Lisbon Treaty.

ATTITUDES to Ireland are hardening across the European Union and the Taoiseach’s message to the summit of his fellow leaders this week will do little to soften that.