Diary dates news in brief from the campaign trail.
EVENTS TODAY
10.30am:British Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson and Marian Harkin MEP will hold a QA session at 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin.
11 am:Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny will unveil Fine Gael's new Lisbon Treaty website, as well as launching the party's Dublin campaign, at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
11am:Editors of the VoteNo.ie website, Kieran Allen and Sinéad Kennedy, will hold a press conference in ATGWU Hall, Middle Abbey Street.
Noon:FG deputy John Perry and the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny will launch a report on the enhanced role for national parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty, at Leinster House.
1.15pm:Brian Cowen on the Fianna Fáil Yes bus, will make his first stop at Navan.
Upsurge in betting on Lisbon No follows Dustin's Eurovision loss
Could Dustin's early exit from the Eurovision affect the outcome of the Lisbon Treaty referendum? That is the burning question for the Eurocrats after Paddy Power bookmakers noted a small upsurge in bets for a No win after Tuesday's fowl performance in Serbia.
"Nothing big, mind you. Nobody is putting their houses on it. It's tenners and 20s," Paddy Power told The Irish Timesyesterday.
But Taoiseach Brian Cowen will be relieved to hear the bookmaker still believes that the referendum will be passed. It is offering odds of 1 to 7 for a Yes vote and 4 to 1 for a No.
"We reckon it's very likely that it will go through," Mr Power said. But given that you have to place €7 to win €1, the bet is not attracting the hardened punters. The bookmaker has taken in about €20,000 on the bet so far.
No joy in treaty for conspiracy theorists
Are there are hidden messages in the Lisbon Treaty? One way of finding out is to put the words "Lisbon Treaty" into an internet anagram generator to see what it throws up.
The results are not inspiring for the undecided voter.
What guidance does "betray tonsil" give to a confused electorate?
Or what about "barley it's not"? Perhaps it's a reference to the farmers' threat to vote No because of Peter Mandelson's approach to the WTO talks?
Is "listen, boy rat" an indication that the campaign is getting dirty? Or is there a hidden message for pro-life campaigners in the "abort isn't lye" anagram?
The anagrams thrown up by the words "Lisbon Referendum" are equally mysterious. Could "riflemen bend sour" be an oblique reference to the militarisation of the EU?
And how about "inferred melon bus". Try as we might, we cannot find a hidden message
ALISON HEALY