A round-up of referendum news.
Quote of the day
"I'd hope Irish people won't accept these views from right-wingers and left-wingers." - Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahey takes a wide swing at critics of the treaty.
Lisbon online - Some of the sites with information on the treaty
Referendum Commission - official site of the independent body set up to inform voters about the issues. www.lisbontreaty2008.ie (The commission's refcom.ie site is out of date but provides a link to the current site).
Europa - official European Union site on the Lisbon Treaty. Includes background to treaty and updates on developments in member states. europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm
European Parliament - section of the parliaments Irish office website dealing with the treaty. www.europarl.ie/lisbontreaty
Wikipedia - background to the treaty, political developments in member states, numerous links to useful other sites. Written by anonymous volunteers, of course, so further checking of facts may be required. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon
Libertas - anti-Lisbon Treaty campaign group. www.libertas.org
Irish Alliance for Europe - pro-treaty organisation chaired by Ruairi Quinn TD. www.yestolisbon.ie
Ibec - treaty site of the employers' body, advocating a Yes vote. www.ibeclisbon.ie
Today's events
10.20am -European Anti-Poverty Network roundtable - "Is Lisbon good for social Europe?", with MEPs Mary Lou McDonald and Proinsias De Rossa.
11am -Referendum Commission launches its public information campaign on the treaty and publishes handbook to be distributed to all households in the State. Royal College of Physicians, Kildare Street, Dublin.
Noon -Fine Gael launches its Lisbon campaign posters. Leinster House, Merrion Gate.
Noon -Socialist Party launches final phase of its No campaign. The Kildare Hotel, Kildare Street, Dublin.
1pm -Debate hosted by law firm Mason Hayes and Curran, in association with the European Movement Ireland. Ruairí Quinn TD and Martin Mansergh TD make the case for a Yes vote, opposed by Patricia McKenna and Naoise Nunn. Mason Hayes and Curran, South Bank House, Barrow Street,Dublin 4.
6.30pm -Business Alliance (pro-treaty) information roadshow. Speakers Dick Roche TD and Prof Brigid Laffan. Stillorgan Park Hotel, Dublin.
8pm -Forum on Europe regional meeting, Royal Hotel, Bray. Speakers: Dick Roche, Minister of State for European Affairs; Susan Philips, EU Reform.
Flagging already?
They didn't quite bring the house down at yesterday's Fianna Fáil press conference in Galway on the Lisbon Treaty.
But as proceedings got under way after a slight delay, the 27 flags of the EU's member states, draped across a back wall, just couldn't stand for any more.
They collapsed, literally - with one of the few maintaining its position being the good old pro-European Union Jack.