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		<title>Fear of rolling referenda may prompt surge in yes vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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In what could be a defining moment in the Lisbon referendum&#8217;s destiny Taoiseach Brian Cowen has revealed that rolling dates will be set aside for future Lisbon Treaty referenda if we fail to vote in favour  of Lisbon on October 2nd.
&#8220;The Lisbon Treaty will not just go away you know,” the Taoiseach said. “We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinn Fein may trade Yes vote for return of anti-tank missiles</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/sinn-fein-may-trade-yes-vote-for-anti-tank-missiles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a significant boost to the pro-Lisbon Treaty side The Mire can reveal that Sinn Fein is considering a u-turn on its No to Lisbon stance if the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning gives the IRA back its anti-tank missiles.
Although Sinn Fein has campaigned against Lisbon on a number of issues such as lower wages, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coughlan &#8216;completely devastated&#8217; by Cowen&#8217;s confidence in her</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/coughlan-completely-devastated-by-cowens-confidence-in-her/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a clear signal that he has no confidence in Tanaiste Mary Coughlan, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has stated that he has full confidence in her. Devastatingly Mr Cowen described Ms Coughlan as  an “excellent Minister, hard-working and a very good member of Cabinet”.  He dismissed suggestions that her position had become untenable.
Previously Mr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voice in Enda Kenny&#8217;s head escapes during interview &#8211; seeks asylum</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/voices-in-enda-kennys-head-excape/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/voices-in-enda-kennys-head-excape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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In an extraordinary encounter with the Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach in waiting Enda Kenny, The Mire has learned that the voices in Mr Kenny&#8217;s head  were deeply traumatised by the experience  but have managed to escape. 

Incredibly, Mr Kenny pretended to be a voice in his own head during the interview which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taoiseach not drinking enough say sources in his head</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an unprecedented exclusive sources inside the Taoiseach&#8217;s head have revealed that, contrary to media speculation, Brian Cowen is not drinking nearly enough.
&#8220;We have to admit we are bitterly disappointed,&#8221; the sources, who refer to themselves as voices, said. &#8220;Between Nama and Lisbon and the economy this is a time of unprecedented crisis and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenihan claims tree stump depicts Kathleen ni Houlihan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unprecedented pressure the Government is under finally led to a split in the Cabinet yesterday when a fistfight broke out between Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan after Mr Lenihan insisted that the tree stump in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, which is alleged to depict the Virgin Mary and infant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU to reinstate Celtic Tiger for Lisbon Yes vote</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/eu-to-reinstate-celtic-tiger-for-lisbon-yes-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/eu-to-reinstate-celtic-tiger-for-lisbon-yes-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to seek EU support to cancel the recession if Mireland votes yes to Lisbon in the referendum on October 2nd. The Mire understands that Mr Cowen has now accepted that the Mirish people will not vote for the Lisbon Treaty in sufficient numbers unless the Celtic Tiger is reinstated in all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy may join Taoiseach on Late Late Show to save Lisbon Treaty</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/sarkozy-may-join-taoiseach-on-late-late-show-to-save-lisbon-referendum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/sarkozy-may-join-taoiseach-on-late-late-show-to-save-lisbon-referendum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has offered to appear on tonight&#8217;s Late Late Show with Taoiseach Brian Cowen in an effort to boost support for the Lisbon referendum after attempts to get Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to campaign for a no vote failed.  
Apparently Mr Sarkozy read online that opinion polls showed an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our opposition to NAMA &#8216;a hissy fit&#8217;, Fine Gael source</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/our-opposition-to-nama-a-hissy-fit-fine-gael-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/our-opposition-to-nama-a-hissy-fit-fine-gael-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fine Gael source has revealed that the party&#8217;s opposition to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is not about NAMA and is in fact part of an ongoing “hissy fit” by party leader Enda Kenny over the fact that party strategists want him to campaign for a No Vote in the Lisbon referendum.
As revealed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenny confused, upset over &#8216;Lisbon No Strategy&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/kenny-confused-upset-over-lisbon-no-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/kenny-confused-upset-over-lisbon-no-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, the self-styled Taoiseach in waiting, is said to be confused and listless after learning late last night that his party want him to adopt a No to Lisbon stance in the hope that the people of Mireland would then do the opposite and say Yes to Lisbon.
The “Lisbon No strategy”, [...]]]></description>
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