Month: December 2011
12 posts
Demand a referendum on any Treaty changes
Paul Murphy MEP for the Socialist Party/United Left Alliance has today demanded that any proposed changes to the Lisbon Treaty are put to a referendum in Ireland. This follows talks between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarcozy yesterday, and ahead of their meeting with European Council president Herman Van Rompuy.
Budget will only serve to hammer the poor and vulnerable
It’s said that when the Chairman of a major football club vows that an under-pressure manager has his full confidence and protection, the Manager should prepare for a hit. Sadly in the cynical world of the Irish political establishment we have an equivalent phenomenon.