The European Union’s leaders yesterday has made a decision. They formally elected the first president of the EU and its ‘secretary of state’ too.Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, an unknown Christian...
opinion by jigo | 2 days ago | updated 2 days ago 97 views | 36 recommendations | 5 comments
Ireland has passed the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty with an overwhelming majority of 67 per cent in favor.Ireland was the only EU member state to hold a referendum on Lisbon, though there have been calls...
opinion by infomatique | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 302 views | 36 recommendations | 5 comments
-Update-Polling in the second Lisbon Referendum has ended after 15 hours. Early indications suggest that turnout may be slightly up on the first Lisbon vote and Fine Gael has claimed an exit poll shows there has...
opinion by infomatique | 8 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 326 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Later today the Irish government will reportedly announce that it will hold a new referendum on the EU Reform Treaty, after the treaty was rejected by Irish voters in a vote last summer. The treaty will be taken...
created by Dave Keating | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago 166 views | 14 recommendations | 4 comments
Remember the huge international debate about the Lisbon Treaty a few months back...when the Irish voted it down? Well, here is an interesting development! The debate will 'power up' with even more force now that a new all-inclusive EU political party has been set up, in...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 251 views | 14 recommendations | 8 comments
I listened to an audio report by Patricia McKenna, on Ireland's plans to participate in the EU War Industry - to which you can listen to here:
http://www.livevideo.com/media/tag/patricia-mckenna-mep-.aspx Here is a brief excerpt from her concluding...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 185 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The European Union consists of 27 member states and a population of about 500 million people with a land area about the size of the United States east of the Mississippi. The population of Ireland is less...
created by Caoimhin1 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 522 views | 68 recommendations | 15 comments