Le Pen invitation causes political storm in Ireland

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and his deputy, Bruno Gollnisch, have been invited by the law society in one of Ireland's main universities to speak ahead of the referendum on the EU's new treaty.

The law society of University College Dublin asked the two politicians - both strongly anti-Europe - to come and speak in March or April before the public poll, which is expected to take place in May.

But the invitation, which has yet to be accepted by either politician, is cau...