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Mon 06 Jun 2009Second referendum on Lisbon may be held in late September
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has spoken to key EU leaders in recent days in an effort to get an agreement that will allow the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty to be held in late September or early October.
Mr Cowen spoke by phone to German chancellor Angela Merkel, and Czech prime minister Jan Fischer during the consultations on the legal guarantees being sought by Ireland before a second referendum can be held.
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