Fiscal Treaty Referendum
At the end of this month, the Irish public must decide, yes or no, whether they will allow their Government to ratify the Treaty on Stability, Cooperation and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union.
Click on the links below to hear the arguments for and against.
You can also download podcasts of the two interviews we did with the Chairman of the Referendum Commission, Mr. Justice Kevin Feeney.
And click here to hear Europe Editor Tony Connelly's article-by-article explanation of the treaty.
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Fiscal treaty referendum debate - Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore & Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty -
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Figures on political donations released - Irish Examiner's Paul O'Brien -
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Fiscal treaty referendum debate - FF Senator Darragh O'Brien & Independent Finian McGrath -
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Voters on Arranmore Island cast ballot today - Presiding officer Mary Gallagher -
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Three days of campaigning to go - United Left Alliance's Joan Collins & Transport Minister Leo Varadkar -
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Fiscal treaty explained (Part 2) - Mr Justice Kevin Feeney -
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People asked to vote in the dark - Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins -
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Informal summit sets out objectives - Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore -
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Germany opposed to euro bonds solution - CDU party's Ralph Brinkhaus -
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Cian McCormack follows Yes campaigners as they canvass voters -
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Noonan comments on bond markets cause surprise - Seven Investment Management's Justin Urquhart Stewart -
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Tony Connelly reports that the fiscal treaty text will not be changed -
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Cian McCormack follows No campaigners in the fiscal treaty referendum -
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Tony Connelly reports that its unlikely any decisions will be made at today's EU Summit -
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Mícheál Lehane reviews last night's Frontline debate on the fiscal treaty referendum -
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Fiscal treaty referendum debate: Min Brian Hayes and Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin -
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Fiscal treaty explained (Part 1) - Chairman Kevin Feeney -
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Cian McCormack speaks to prospective voters about their referendum plans -
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Yes campaign rattled by Bruton gaffe - Ind Thomas Pringle & Fine Gael's Simon Coveney -
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David McCullagh reports that Richard Bruton was forced to row back on fiscal treaty comments -
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State assets sale will fund growth - Brendan Howlin -
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Fiscal treaty campaign wide open - Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty -
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35% undecided on treaty - Irish Independent's Fionnan Sheehan & Millward Brown Lansdowne's Paul Moran -
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Possible impact of fiscal treaty on business groups -
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David Davin Power reports the referendum Yes side had a boost over the weekend -
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Last day to get on supplementary register - Fingal County Council's Stephen Peppard -
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Sean Whelan and Peter Brown discuss the latest problems for the eurozone -
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Hollande seeks leeway on French debt - Centre for European Policy Studies' Daniel Gros -
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French voters sought change by backing Hollande - Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore -
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Tony Connelly reports on Francois Hollande's French presidential victory -
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Brian Dowling reports on the Referendum Commission's first press conference -
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Fiscal treaty debate - Labour's Emer Costello & Socialist Party's Paul Murphy -
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People urged to check electoral register - Fingal County Council's Stephan Peppard -
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Public lecture on fiscal treaty referendum - TCD's Prof Michael Marsh -
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Fiscal treaty will lengthen recession - UCD's Dr Andy Storey -
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Opinion poll shows majority support treaty - Sunday Business Post's Pat Leahy -
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IMF would loan Ireland only a "very small amount of money" - UCD's Karl Whelan -
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Newspaper stands by IMF report - Sunday Times' Mark Paul -
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Brian Dowling reports on the beginning of the Fiscal Treaty referendum campaign
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