Irish Election (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
A tiny autonomous archipelago off Finland could soon add to the EU’s Lisbon Treaty woes…BBC That isnt the kind of thing you expect to read everyday on the BBC website - or perhaps it is. Anyway it seems that not alone can the Irish do damage to the treaty by effectively killing it. A small island [...]
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
SENIOR IRISH officials met their Danish counterparts in Copenhagen earlier this month to get advice on how Ireland could opt out of significant provisions of the Lisbon Treaty in order to resolve the impasse created by the outcome of the referendum in June.
A Fistful of Euros (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
With all attention on Georgia it’s easy to forget that the European Union remains mired in the institutional crisis created by the Irish No on the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. With Irish ministers drifting back from their holidays, the issue will be getting more attention. Today’s Irish Times reports on what [...]
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he has not ruled out the prospect of holding a second referendum on the Lisbon treaty.
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Here's a post from the Irish Times that gives ample excerpts from an address by Cardinal Seán Brady in which he explains why the Irish people rejected the Lisbon Treaty and why he feels the EU should be more tolerant of the Christian faith: The “loss of Christian memory” and the undermining of traditional values by the institutions of the EU has made it difficult for Christians to maintain...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
The autonomous Aland Islands off Finland are yet to vote on the EU Lisbon Treaty - and a No would add to the EU's treaty woes.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
DICK ROCHE has done the State and its voters a considerable public service by arguing that it may be necessary to hold another referendum on the Lisbon Treaty because of the emerging political consequences of June's decisive vote against it.
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
A second Irish vote may be necessary on the EU's key reform treaty, the country's Europe Minister Dick Roche said on Monday.Ireland sent shockwaves through the European Union when 53
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
The Irish Republic may need to hold a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty, an Irish minister says.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
A second Lisbon referendum is the least bad option facing us because doing nothing is not on and the Oireachtas has serially abdicated its decision taking role on EU treaties, writes
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Dublin - Ireland's Europe Minister Dick Roche has been criticised by both yes and no campaigners for saying he believes a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will be necessary, the Irish Independent reported Tuesday. Roche told the newspaper on Mo...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Elements from both sides in the Lisbon treaty referendum have criticised comments made by Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche on holding another vote on the issue.
Euractive (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
A second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty would "ultimately" be required in Ireland to prevent its isolation now that all other 26 member states appear likely to ratify it, the country's Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche said at the weekend.
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Via Denis Cooper: EUROPEAN Affairs Minister Dick Roche raised the prospect of a second Lisbon Treaty referendum last night, saying he believes it is "the appropriate response" to the country's continuing political crisis* ... He added: "If we want to retain our position as a constructive EU member state, we cannot simply sit on our hands, as some would have us do, and keep saying that...
Why England Needs A Parliament (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
... way democratically. The UK Government has just responded to the petition for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which New Labour promised us would take place, and our no-mandate Prime Minister Gordon Brown then went ahead and signed without consulting the electorate at all. The most ridiculous part of it all is this dispicable Government quoting the fact that a referendum took place...
