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Cowen poll wipeout

Support for Taoiseach and FF collapses in Budget backlash By Fionnan Sheahan Political Editor Friday November 14 2008 The unprecedented Budget backlash against Brian Cowen and his Government was confirmed last night with record...

Ireland must resist EU bullying on treaty, says Wallstrom

By Fionnan Sheahan Political Editor Friday November 14 2008 Nobody in the EU wants to renegotiate the Lisbon Treaty and Ireland should resist any attempts to bully it, the European Commission's second-in-command said yesterday....

Commission backs Norwegian perspective on Arctic: No new treaty

LEIGH PHILLIPS Today @ 17:46 CET No new treaty is necessary to protect the Arctic, according to the European Commission. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday offered the European Union's support for Norway's...

Polish, French leaders fail to set EU treaty talks

Warsaw - Polish President Lech Kaczynski is unable to meet French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy next month for talks on unblocking the European Union's reform treaty, an aide said Thursday. Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU's...

Speech of Declan Ganley at the Meeting with the Czech President Václav Klaus

To highlight this deficit was our main purpose and it remains our main purpose now. The response of Europe to the straightforward sovereign declaration of our people, in rejecting the Lisbon Treaty, was immediate and...

Irish angered by Czech president

By John Murray Brown in Dublin and Tony Barber in,Brussels Ireland was last night embroiled in an unseemly row with Vaclav Klaus over an outspoken attack by the Czech president on the European Union's Lisbon treaty. The...

Midfield duo tie up Wrexham loan

Wrexham have signed midfielders Nathan Wolfe and Nathan Fairhurst on one month loan deals. Wolfe, 20, has made one appearance for Bolton as a substitute in a Uefa Cup away match at Sporting Lisbon in March. Highly-rated...

Windstar Adds Cell Phone Service on Wind Star and Wind Spirit

SEATTLE, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore the hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world's most treasured destinations, is offering cell phone service...

UPDATE 1-Portugal Telecom 9-mths net beats forecasts

LISBON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom reported on Thursday a smaller-than-expected fall in nine-month net profit as strong revenue growth at its Brazilian joint venture, Vivo, helped offset a rising debt burden. Net...

Pan-European referendum dismissed by experts

Top constitutional lawyers from different countries dismissed the idea of even a non-binding pan-European referendum being held because of all the different constitutional arrangements, the EU Observer reports. Speaking at a...