"New Lisbon vote would be suicide for Cowen" headlines
The Observer today, with the strap: "Public would punish party, says poll".
The poll had been commissioned by Open Europe and it suggests that Brian Cowen and his Fianna Fáil-led government would suffer a "Gordon Brown-style electoral meltdown" if they held a second referendum. More than half of those asked said they would be less likely to vote for Cowen and his party in an Irish general election if he decided to re-run the referendum.
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