All councillors through out the country have just received an email from Jackie Spoonley personal assistant to Hilary Kelleher of IMPACT. The email that I received stated that: “An official instruction on the escalation of industrial action sent by Peter Nolan, National Secretary, Impact on 16 March 2010 states that the ban on
Fine Gael believes that this was a draconian budget that should not have been necessary. Fianna Fáil failed to anticipate the coming crisis and plan accordingly. Now they have made things worse by failing to provide a jobs plan and by putting developers and bankers ahead of our children, pensioners and the sick. We needed [...]
June 2008 referendum – result and follow-up On 12 June 2008 the people of Ireland voted not to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon by 53.4% to 46.6%. The turnout was 53%. Since the referendum, the Irish Government has been working intensively to find a way forward that respects the decision of the people as expressed [...]
EU Ambassador to the US, John Bruton, on the Treaty of Lisbon
Fine Gael TD and Spokesperson on European Affairs, Deputy Lucinda Creighton speaking on the Lisbon Treaty. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb9_b_lsNoE]
In the second of my posts about the Lisbon Treaty, I have outlined what the Lisbon treaty will do for Ireland, and what the benefits are to ratifying the treaty. Much of the NO campaign’s argument has centered around misleading and false claims. So what I have tried to do here is outline the actual [...]
Given the huge amount of confusion and misinformation that is currently available on the Lisbon treaty, I’ve decided to publish a number of posts over the coming days and weeks to inform people on the referendum. I will be voting YES on October 2nd, but if you have any questions or queries on the treaty, [...]
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