LISTENING to various commentators rehash the same opposing arguments concerning the second Lisbon vote is like rewatching an old film, and not a very good one.

Protesters who staged a five-day sit-in at a Thomas Cook branch were freed today after being arrested for contempt of court.

THOMAS Cook will this morning seek a full High Court injunction to force striking workers to move from the Grafton Street store where they have been staging a sit-in since last Friday.