digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/09/23/jesus-injures-four-in-attack-on-yes-to-lisbon-meeting/’;
digg_title = ‘Jesus injures four in attack on ‘Yes to Lisbon’ meeting’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Gardaí say that it’s a miracle nobody was seriously hurt in the Son of God’s apparently politically motivated attack on a public information meeting last night.
The vicious attack, in which tables were turned over and punches thrown, broke out [...]

Would you find it acceptable for teachers to ask children to write essays about Europe, in the middle of a referendum campaign, and reject the work if it was negative about the EU?

This post will look at some of the Lisbon Treaty referendum posters from two groups, Cóir and ‘We Belong’ critically assessing some of them and then making fun of the rest.

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/09/03/lisbon-referendum-diary-1-a-history-of-mutual-smugness/’;
digg_title = ‘Lisbon Referendum Diary 1. A history of mutual smugness.’;
digg_bodytext = ‘The most amusing thing about the nascent referendum campaign in Ireland is the approach of the two sides. It’s not as oppositional at least in spirit as you might think.
The Pro Lisbon lobby are smug. They got a second referendum, [...]