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Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny Mary White has called on the people of Kilkenny to vote ‘Yes’ in todays referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

There are no “hidden bombs or traps” in the Lisbon Treaty, according to NUI Galway president Jim Browne who is urging the people of Galway to vote yes in the upcoming referendum.

Sorca Clarke, Mullingar’s senior republican, has accused the Government of “insulting our intelligence” as she started the Sinn Féin 'No to Lisbon 2' campaign in Mullingar on Wednesday (August 25).

Kilkenny people voted in large proportions for the Lisbon Treaty last Friday and the resounding ‘Yes’ was hardly surprising this time around.

The Labour Party will hold a public meeting to outline the case for a Yes vote to the Lisbon Treaty on Monday September 14 at 7.30pm in the Menlo Park Hotel.

Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, TD, has welcomed the success of the recent public meeting on the Lisbon Treaty held in the TF Royal Hotel in Castlebar. The meeting was hosted by Jim Higgins MEP with Dep George Lee as the guest speaker. The attendance at the meeting was very encouraging as the room was full to capacity and showing the interest in the event.

Four weeks remain before Galway must again go to the polls and decide to accept or reject the Lisbon Treaty. ‘No’ campaigners are already out canvassing the city while the ‘Yes’ side knows it needs to sell a positive message against the backdrop of economic recession.

Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary has hit out at a number of posters put up by Coir, the anti-Lisbon Treaty group, which have appeared in the towns around the county in the last week.

The American columnist and wit Franklin P Adams noted that elections are won “chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody”.

The shock of Ireland’s economic collapse has abated. The anger is now starting to gain heat. It is disingenuous of the Government to repeat the mantra that now is not the time to look back and apportion blame, but to look forward to ways in which we can arise again. As we are all taught through the history books, it is only by looking back that we can learn and move forward. Half-hearted apologies by the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, prompted only by the prodding of RTE’s Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show, do no appear to wash with the electorate. Who will hold their hands up, be accountable, and take the rap?