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Youth charity SpunOut have launched an information website to encourage younger people to become more aware of the Fiscal Treaty referendum taking place this day week. The organisation has conducted interviews with politicians are questions by younger people were submitted.

Socialist Party MEP for Dublin Paul Murphy has said this morning that a Fiscal Treaty No vote would not have an affect on Ireland's corporation tax, which Murphy says is too low. Murphy was responding to comments made by Europe Minister Lucinda Creighton yesterday, who warned that tax might have to go up if Ireland didn't have a source of funding after 2013.

Sinn Féin, with the support of Fianna Fáil are using Private Members Business this evening to propose a motion on the preservation Moore Street. Sinn Fein want the area preserved as a "historic quarter and battlefield site", warning of the threat of a "current" planning application. However no current planning application actually exists.

Ryanair has this morning announced that it's to launch a Supreme Court challenge in the UK against a ruling by the Court of Appeal which rejected Ryanair's challenge to an investigation over their ownership of 29% of Aer Lingus.

The Central Bank of Ireland has reported that it's made a profit of €1.2bn for 2011. The Annual Report, published this morning, credits lending to banks as the main source of the profit. The report (which you can see in full below the fold) says that Governor Patrick Honohan will take a pay cut of almost 10%.

Sean Gallagher will tomorrow give an interview at a media conference in Dublin where he'll speak about the Presidential Election, Social Media and the Frontline Presidential debate, the event will be steamed live online from 2.15pm.