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Clarity on Lisbon Treaty
WITH 44 days to go to the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on June 12th a survey by the Referendum Commmission reveals that 80 per cent of respondents say either they do not understand it particularly well or do not understand it at all. p
The age of optimism
THE OPTIMISM of youth is very evident in the second annual Irish Times survey of final year university students, published today. Economic storm clouds may be gathering overhead but our students are supremely confident about their future. p
Opinion
Treaty will give EU too much power
OPINION: Lisbon should be rejected, according to
Sinn Féin, and negotiators sent back to cut a better deal,
writes
MARY LOU McDONALDHillary loses touch with feminine side
In terms of political style, Obama's and Clinton's gender roles have been reversed, writes QUENTIN FOTTRELL pWriting on the wall for those blackballed by clubs
SHAGGY DOG: TO BE blackballed is to be excluded from a club or society by members who vote against an application for membership. It can also be extended to being left out of any social event or gathering, writes ALBERT JACK pLeviathan that is our public sector in need of reform
ANALYSIS: While Ireland's State sector compares well internationally, an OECD report makes valid points, writes JOHN CULLEN pSenseless acts should not be dignified with meaning
By trying to make sense of the Clonroche tragedy we risk dignifying the slaughter of children, writes FINTAN O'TOOLE pStem cell opinion based on inadequate idea of autonomy
RITE AND REASON: IN ITS "Opinion on Stem Cell Research", published last week, the Irish Council for Bioethics is right not to base its conclusions on the results of polls. pCorrections & Clarifications
CONTRARY TO an item in last Saturday's Magazine, Christy Moore and Liam Ó Maonlaí are not appearing at the Voice Our Concern concert organised by Amnesty International in The Helix this Thursday, May 1st. p
An Irishman's Diary
ONE OF the magical pleasures of reading fiction is finding a
writer who has recreated the landscape of our own upbringing. As
natives of Tyrone and Leitrim know so well from the work of Ben
Kiely and John McGahern, such a discovery deepens the already
intimate experience of reading stories, and intensifies the
feeling, so important in literature, that aspects of our own lives
have been distilled and presented in a way that is personal and
indelible, writes
Kevin Stevens p
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