The Irish peasants are revolting...
Irish anger at EU plans to press on with Lisbon Treaty despite No vote Anger mounted against Brian Cowen, Ireland's Prime Minister, as it became clear other European leaders were prepared to ignore the wishes of the Irish people and go-ahead with the Lisbon Treaty. On Dublin's O'Connell Street, there was fury that Europe appeared to be prepared to press ahead. "I voted No and they can't go ahead, because there is no agreement in Ireland," said Michael Larkin. The man who led the successful No Campaign that resulted in 53.4 per cent of the electorate rejecting the Treaty has not ruled out running in next year's European elections. Declan Ganley, the Libertas leader, said: "I'm not a politician but if our voice was not heard and ignored, then would I as an active citizen do whatever I could to ensure that our voice was heard in my own small way? "I would most certainly want to do something about that." Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, said: "Yesterday the Irish people gave the government a clear and strong mandate to renegotiate the Lisbon Treaty. "At his first European Council meeting as Taoiseach next week Brian Cowen should set out in clear and unambiguous terms the concerns raised by the Irish people and the need for these concerns to be properly addressed." Despite Ireland's decisive rejection of the pact, there remained confusion over whether a second referendum would be imposed on the electorate in an attempt to overturn the decision. snip http://tinyurl.com/6ffz8m
Irish anger at EU plans to press on with Lisbon Treaty despite No vote Anger mounted against Brian Cowen, Ireland's Prime Minister, as it became clear other European leaders were prepared to ignore the wishes of the Irish people and go-ahead with the Lisbon Treaty. On Dublin's O'Connell Street, there was fury that Europe appeared to be prepared to press ahead. "I voted No and they can't go ahead, because there is no agreement in Ireland," said Michael Larkin. The man who led the successful No Campaign that resulted in 53.4 per cent of the electorate rejecting the Treaty has not ruled out running in next year's European elections. Declan Ganley, the Libertas leader, said: "I'm not a politician but if our voice was not heard and ignored, then would I as an active citizen do whatever I could to ensure that our voice was heard in my own small way? "I would most certainly want to do something about that." Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, said: "Yesterday the Irish people gave the government a clear and strong mandate to renegotiate the Lisbon Treaty. "At his first European Council meeting as Taoiseach next week Brian Cowen should set out in clear and unambiguous terms the concerns raised by the Irish people and the need for these concerns to be properly addressed." Despite Ireland's decisive rejection of the pact, there remained confusion over whether a second referendum would be imposed on the electorate in an attempt to overturn the decision. snip http://tinyurl.com/6ffz8m