Nice Date Set - October 19th

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday September 19, 2002 15:04 by Justin Moran - Sinn Fein maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com

And so it begins.....

One month exactly comrades to make the difference

Taken from ireland.com:

Saturday referendum as Nice date set for October 19th
Last updated: 19-09-02, 14:44

The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has announced that the second referendum on Nice will take place on Saturday, October 19th.

Mr Ahern said it would be the first time a national vote had taken place on a Saturday.

The Cabinet is meeting in Donegal today to finalise any outstanding issues relating to the referendum.

At the end of Fianna Fáil's two-day Parliamentary Party meeting in Killarney yesterday, Mr Ahern said all party TDs and Senators would campaign as though for a general election. "This will be the biggest European campaign that we have had since 1972," he said.

He urged full support for the campaign, saying rejection of the treaty would amount to a disaster.