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Polls show Labour Party support drops by 25 percent as Sinn Fein witnesses surge


A new poll, carried out during a tumultuous week in Europe, shows that the Government parties Fine Gael and the Labour Party are suffering in the popularity stakes after a year of implementing austerity measures. ...

May 19, 2012 by CATHY HAYES 1

Ireland and the EU Fiscal Treaty - it cannot be 'No' this time


Declan Ganley - bogeyman of Irish politics & a leading'No' campaigner on EU Fiscal Stability Treaty.  Europe is in ... ...

May 16, 2012 by The Yank 2
Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny

Stimulus package to be presented to Irish government ahead of Treaty vote


European Union leaders will present a draft stimulus package to the Irish government before the country votes on the Fiscal Treaty referendum. ...

May 14, 2012 by PATRICK COUNIHAN 6
Independent Shane Ross speaking in the Dail (parliament)

Deputies call on Irish government to delay EU Fiscal Treaty referendum


A group of Irish parliamentarians have called on the government to delay the Fiscal Treaty Referendum. ...

May 14, 2012 by PATRICK COUNIHAN 4
Should Ireland bring back the Punt?

A punt comeback - will Ireland vote against austerity treaty?


The new reality in Europe following the French and Greek elections is that the result of the upcoming Irish referendum on the European rescue package is now in significant doubt. ...

May 11, 2012 by Irish Voice Editorial 5
Eamon Gilmore

Eamon Gilmore: Five years on devolution in Northern Ireland has worked


On May 8, five years ago, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness were nominated and took their pledges as first minister and deputy first minister of a shared Northern Ireland Executive. ...

May 11, 2012 by EAMON GILMORE 20

Little De Valera, Eamon O Cuiv, takes a new stance


Illustration by Caty BartholomewAs a young reporter with The Irish Press in Dublin in the sixties I occasionally was dispatched to cover President de Valera's public appearances. He was very old then and I was always terrified tha ...

May 10, 2012 by Cormac MacConnell 1
Eamon O Cuiv stands in front of Ireland's Parliamentary building, Leinster House

Rebel Fianna Fail Deputy Eamon O Cuiv takes Fiscal Treaty vow of silence


Eamon De Valera’s grandson took a huge u-turn on Tuesday night – and agreed to a Fiscal Treaty vow of silence to remain in Fianna Fail. ...

May 09, 2012 by PATRICK COUNIHAN 9

Irish fleeced on water meters - Government plan to charge $400 for water meters that are on Amazon for $40


A $40 water meter for sale through Amazon.co.uk - Irish householders, however, will be forced to pay almost ten times as muchAs Irish public ire switches focus from the household tax to the equally unpopular water charges, public ...

May 08, 2012 by Daniel O'Carroll 8
Eamon O Cuiv stands in front of Ireland's Parliamentary building, Leinster House

De Valera’s grandson on verge of quitting Fianna Fail over EU Fiscal Treaty


Eamon De Valera’s grandson could walk away from the party he founded on Tuesday night after the latest row between Eamon O Cuiv and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin. ...

May 08, 2012 by PATRICK COUNIHAN 16
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