Protests greet Sarkozy on Irish EU treaty visit

By Andras Gergely and Paul Hoskins DUBLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of protestors greeted French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Dublin on Monday, voicing both anger at his views on Ireland's rejection of the EU reform treaty and support for his tough stance on world trade talks. Sarkozy says he will use his visit to "listen and understand" after Irish voters rejected the bloc's plans for institutional reform in a referendum last month. Protestors, dismayed by Sarkozy's comment last week that the Irish would have to vote again, chanted "no means no" as he arrived for talks with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen. "There is no going back on this, unless they don't want to accept the democratic vote, which is absolute tyranny," said 55 year-old Patrick Walsh, wearing a sandwich board bearing a picture of Sarkozy and the words "no and no... [read full story]