Article: TAOISEACH Brian Cowen could announce the precise date for the second Lisbon Treaty referendum this Friday, once the Government gets the legal guarantees it is looking for.

Martin confident of getting guarantees for Lisbon vote

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen could announce the precise date for the second Lisbon Treaty referendum this Friday, once the Government gets the legal guarantees it is looking for.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin said last night that he was "quietly confident and hopeful" of agreement on guarantees which address the concerns of the Irish people on the Lisbon Treaty.

Mr Martin gave his EU counterparts the seven-page draft wording of what he described as a "binding legal agreement of substance" on taxation, neutrality, abortion and workers' rights. Over the coming days, Mr Martin's officials ...

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