Lisbon onlineIndependent websites with information on the treaty:
• Referendum Commission - official site of the body set up to inform voters about the issues. www.lisbontreaty2008.ie
• National Forum on Europe - established in 2001 with cross-party support to promote a national debate on the European Union, its future and Ireland's role in it. www.forumoneurope.ie
Today's events
11am - People Before Profit press conference to launch its "No to the Lisbon Treaty Campaign". Buswells Hotel, Molesworth St, Dublin.
11.15am - Republican Sinn Féin press conference to launch its campaign for a No vote. Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
6pm - Institute of European Affairs, launch by Dr Garret FitzGerald of the book Lisbon: What the Reform Treaty Means, edited by Tony Brown. Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street.
Poster dangers
The management of Dublin City Council has warned all political parties to ensure that their posters in relation to the Lisbon Treaty are placed high on polls after several visually impaired people reported that they had walked into them.
The manager of the council's central area Charlie Lowe said the council risked being sued if people were injured by posters.
"Blind people are being hit in the face with Lisbon Treaty posters that were too low and we have to deal with the consequences of that which sometimes means claims."
Mr Lowe yesterday asked councillors to ensure that their parties reviewed the placement of all posters immediately.
Networker
In order to bring the Lisbon message to a younger audience, the Referendum Commission has bought almost three million page impressions on Bebo, Facebook and Yahoo! mail.
Perhaps inevitably, its chairman, Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill, was asked by journalists about the extent of his familiarity with the world of social networking. The High Court judge does not have his own page, it turns out, but he was reliably informed that this was the way to reach the young people of Ireland, he said.
Unlike some senior politicians, Mr Justice O'Neill wasn't going to be caught out either when asked whether he had read the whole treaty text himself. "We have read the treaty. We have lived and breathed this treaty for some time," he said, allowing the journalists to resume their customary sheepish air.