PRESS DIGEST - Ireland - July 23
DUBLIN, July 23 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Ireland's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy:
THE IRISH TIMES
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin has said the government aims to provide clarity by December on how it plans to respond to the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. But he refused to be drawn on the question of a second referendum.
- The government has announced that a national commemoration day for the Great Famine will be held on an annual basis. The decision follows the first commemoration day this year, which was a low-key event held in the Custom House on May 25.
- Investment firm One51 may float all or part of the group over the next year and a half, chief executive Philip Lynch said yesterday.
IRISH INDEPENDENT
- All new homes built from 2013 on will have to be carbon neutral and emit no harmful greenhouse gases, the Irish Independent has learned. Solar panels, wood chip burners, wind turbines and triple glazing windows will become standard features on new housing under ambitious plans outlined by Environment Minister John Gormley yesterday.
- Three British men face the prospect of life in prison after being found guilty of possessing the biggest cocaine haul in Irish history. But up to four others remain on the run from both police and the feared international drugs cartel which supplied them with the drugs.
IRISH EXAMINER
- The opposition will strongly oppose any move to hold a second Lisbon treaty referendum on the same day as the local and European elections next summer. The suggestion to hold all votes on the same day was made by French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a private meeting with Taoiseach Brian Cowen on Monday.
- The Dail's spending watchdog gave the government's overseas aid programme a clean bill of health yesterday, saying it had found no evidence of theft or fraud.
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THE IRISH TIMES
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin has said the government aims to provide clarity by December on how it plans to respond to the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. But he refused to be drawn on the question of a second referendum.
- The government has announced that a national commemoration day for the Great Famine will be held on an annual basis. The decision follows the first commemoration day this year, which was a low-key event held in the Custom House on May 25.
- Investment firm One51 may float all or part of the group over the next year and a half, chief executive Philip Lynch said yesterday.
IRISH INDEPENDENT
- All new homes built from 2013 on will have to be carbon neutral and emit no harmful greenhouse gases, the Irish Independent has learned. Solar panels, wood chip burners, wind turbines and triple glazing windows will become standard features on new housing under ambitious plans outlined by Environment Minister John Gormley yesterday.
- Three British men face the prospect of life in prison after being found guilty of possessing the biggest cocaine haul in Irish history. But up to four others remain on the run from both police and the feared international drugs cartel which supplied them with the drugs.
IRISH EXAMINER
- The opposition will strongly oppose any move to hold a second Lisbon treaty referendum on the same day as the local and European elections next summer. The suggestion to hold all votes on the same day was made by French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a private meeting with Taoiseach Brian Cowen on Monday.
- The Dail's spending watchdog gave the government's overseas aid programme a clean bill of health yesterday, saying it had found no evidence of theft or fraud.
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