Coalition attacked over treaty ‘conspiracy’

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.

Ms McKenna, who opposes the treaty, said the Government was showing contempt for a Supreme Court ruling relating to referendums.

The ruling, which resulted from a case Ms McKenna brought in the 1990s, prohibits the Government using State funds to promote one side in a referendum campaign.