Brian Cowen, the Irish prime minister, said that his country would hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in October after he secured assurances from EU leaders likely to boost a Yes vote.
The Taoiseach, who held private talks with Gordon Brown yesterday, won guarantees from European Union leaders that Irish policies on tax, abortion and military neutrality would not be affected by Ireland ratifying the treaty.
“I feel we will be in a position to hold a second referendum at the start of October,” he said at the close of a European Union summit in Brussels.
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“I am confident that we now have a solid basis to go to the Irish people and ask them to ratify the Treaty so that Europe can move forward.”
Mr Cowen needed the guarantees in the form of a “protocol” – the most legally watertight form of EU agreement. He said he could not reverse last year’s Irish No to the treaty without the protocol.
June 20th, 2009 at 4:27 am
if the irish have any common sense
ITS NO !!! NO !!!! NO !!!! NO !!!! NO !!!!!
THE EU IS NOTHING OTHER THAN THE SAME ROBBER BARONS RELOGIOPOLITICO WHORES MURDERERS AND THIEVES
SHUT DOWN THE FASCISTIC EURO.PEON UNION , THE CORPORATION PROFESSIONAL RACKETTERS
SHUT DOWN THE EURO.PEON UNION
NO !!! NO !!! NO !!! NO !!!! NO !!! NO !!! NO !!!!
Beavis Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 7:40 am
It ain’t known as the EUSSR, for nothing.
Des Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Help us in Eire. Contact those ppl and sites that want freedom…
June 20th, 2009 at 5:33 am
They will keep making them vote until they vote yes.
Freedom means the freedom to say NO
if you dont have the freedom to say no, you have NO FREEDOM PERIOD
“Ireland unfree shall never be at peace”
June 20th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Ireland if i were you i would not trust the eu the un or america they are all rich greedy lazy lying useless scum of the earth , a cluster fuck of criminals , all over paid all have health insurance all have several homes with pools all are useless criminals who only care about their overpaid useless asses and their useless criminal families
Des Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Thank’s for insulting my Island! most of us are genuine and hard working.
June 20th, 2009 at 6:27 am
if you vote yes you are helping the devil [satan] get closer to his dream of the mark of the beast! do not be a part of it a one world government is based on pure evil and greed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 20th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Unfortunately the demonic treaty will get through. The economy is crashing here and people will vote yes out of desperation. Its either a yes vote or the IMF will take us over.
Des Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 10:07 am
WE CAN SING FOR A NO VOTE!… let our spirits soar…
Beavis Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 5:56 am
What are we going to sing Des…”Dirty old Town.”?
Des Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
ANYTHING. expose them! present evidence… lots of powerful ppl in the plush areas of D15.
up the dubs Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I agree with the free celt its going to be a desperation vote i bet thats what there hoping for there is a lot of propaganda saying more people ae willing to except the treaty yet nobody i talk to wants to vote yes ……. lets hope they dont change there mind
Jake Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am
When people are as poor as they are now they will give ALMOST anything for money. Even their freedom. This is all based on fear. They did the same thing in the U.S. with 9-11. “We know this is bad so if you just hand over your freedom we will make sure it doesn’t happen. PROBLEM-REACTION-SOLUTION
June 20th, 2009 at 7:07 am
WAIT !
WAIT !!
They said NO the first time, they were basically given THE FINGER, and we’re supposed to think that the vote will turn into a democratic YES ??
Ireland: prepare for massive ballot rigging. Europeans Elections in early June were already rigged … many reported issues concerning minor lists reporting ZERO votes despite people writing to the parties to tell them they DID vote for these lists.
There is not a shred of democracy in Europe, and we knew that since a long time ago, otherwise the EU could have never existed.
Say NO to the referendum. RESIST !
truth911 Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 10:50 am
thats what happed to us george b criminals stole the election
Beavis Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 6:00 am
Elections don’t mean Jack Shit anymore. The biggest scam of the lot, is the postal vote.
They don’t even try to hide the corruption anymore, they’re in your face with it.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:04 am
GORDON BROWNS A LIAR, he told us in the UK we would get a referendum on this and never delivered, dont believe anything he says, he has no credibility no mandate from the united kingdoms people, unelected and ruined every thing hes touched, the telecom, and energy businesses and now our finance, all in foriegn control now, and a big player in the police state we find we are under now german CCTV etc etc
Beavis Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 6:01 am
Why do you believe these criminals? For fucks sake, you can’t polish a turd.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am
all you hear is vote yes, we have to vote yes. the gov tells us the reason the irish economy is in the state it is, is because we voted no. ive heard them go as far to say that we’d not be in the mess we are now if we had voted right the first time.
straight after the no vote they cut gov spending on the three areas that were being hyped in the lisbon treaty. including, education, health and old age medical cards. they fired thousands of nurses and healthcare workers too.
theyre taking everything, just to force a yes vote.
the Taoiseach (prime minister) is refusing to stand down even after getting hammered in the recent elections and never actually voted in,in the first place.. the majority of the people i know are brain dead. you can point out everything wrong, floride in the public water supply for the past 45 years chemtrails everywere.etc and tv has turned the fighting irish into pathetic fools, who’ll laugh at you for telling the truth. only tv do they worship.
We’r screwed. i voted no the last time, told everyone i know to vote no even strangers in the shops, off course i told them why they should vote no. something you never hear in the controlled media.
We cant go down with out a fight.we resisted over 800 years of english colonisation so why bend over now?.
f**k the elite Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 10:00 am
i totally agree with you… i think of dublin in the 80,90s alot. although we where broke we had pride and such a friendly people, ireland was the everage person and now i walk around dublin and i feel disgusted at whats become of our people. most are jabbers idiots who havent got a clue whats happening around them. i love my country but i am beginning to hate my people. 800years for what??
Beavis Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 6:12 am
Yea, and you had trouble with farming livestock…..these pricks never stop. What people ought to understand is, the EU has been built up since 1944 by the Nazis who new they were facing imminent defeat, because of the loony tune they had in charge, so, they planned ahead along with their friends in the French Vichy Goverment…and viola, we are where we are today. Communism, Fascism, there is no difference….. it’s all Marxist-Leninism.
f**k the elite Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 10:36 am
actually eu per-dates ww2. it was formly know as the league of nations that collapsed with ww2 but either way same evil bastards running it…..
Des Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
fighting is not the answer!!!
we can link together and EXPOSE these evil maniacs.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:29 am
They have already made the connection between the anti-Lisbon groups and international criminals, for instance here
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t.....837672.ece
They will push this more to discredit the dissenters. Bilderberg says so.
June 20th, 2009 at 9:53 am
The simple fact that they are being forced to vote again is even more of a reason to vote NO. If, by this action, the Irish and the rest of Europe cannot see the EU for what it really is, they are doomed for sure.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:36 am
######PETITION AGAINST LISBON TREATY RATIFICATION########
Sign from all arround the world:
http://www.petice.eu/?lang=EN
June 20th, 2009 at 11:36 am
**********HOW STUF WORKS AND HOW TO***********
EUROPE IS THE FIRST STAGE OF A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT REMOVING SOME (TOP) EU LEADERS!!
WHO WILL BE LEFT?
- ONLY BILDERBERGERS / THE EVIL ONES?
AT THE END OUR RIGHT WILL BE ZERO.
- IT ALMOST IS: http://www.petice.eu/?lang=EN
SAY NO TO THE LISBON TREATY.
DEATH TO EUROPE / ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT/ SATAN HOLE LICKERS.
STOP SUPPORTING NAZI CRIMINAL EUROPE.
END THE FRAUD. END CRIME.
June 20th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Please, people of Ireland. Think! If you love your children, and if you love your freedom, vote NO!
You’ll never be free again in your entire life if they win.
And where one wins, also one loses. And the looser will be YOU.
June 20th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
To all those in Ireland. Network, send emails , petitions, protest (peacefully) do anything and everything you can to educate the masses. You voted this down before…. You can do it again!
June 20th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
My friends in Ireland, don’t just vote NO, vote OH HELL NO! You are standing, as the worlds last defense against the NWO.
*Expect to see a result much like the election in Iran, if that crap passes. *
June 20th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
If the vote turns out as yes – then I suspect that there will be civil unrest in every country that will then become ratified – even the ones that didn’t get a vote – all this politico rumbling in the UK with gordon brown being put through the mill is designed to disrupt the EU Constitution.
There are good forces working from the inside to disrupt this legacy of the Nazi unified europe
f**k the elite Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 10:39 am
we are the only country allowed to vote. that sign 1 that theres something fishy goning on not to mention it will be the 4th time we voted on it
June 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Alex is wrong he says the pentacon is speculation clik here watch the video and disagree with alex you will get to the head of the line and tell him to watch this http://www.thepentacon.com/eyeofthestorm.htm if this man isn’t an operative of F B I why did he lie about where his car was in front of the pentagon on 9-11??
June 20th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Truthers, I need your help. http://www.brandonkastning.net
June 20th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
they just decided in greece at their bilderberg meeting to disregard the irish and ram through the lisben treaty so the irish vote means nothing.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
EU: Come on, if you love me you’ll do it.
Irish: No
EU: How about now?
Hopefully the Irish response will be for them to take a hike.
Do not give up your sovereignty Ireland. You will regret it.
Des Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
The SPIRIT of Ireland could deter this. Dian Cecht once saved Ireland. Do the research… the spirit is eternal…
June 21st, 2009 at 12:53 am
ireland no,no,no,no,no,fuck the eu.
June 21st, 2009 at 2:22 am
This is beginning to sound like a broken record…
They will put up this vote until they get what they want.
An attempt to wear the Irish down. Ireland..don’t fall for it.
The British occupation of Northern Ireland should be lesson enough to
know what happens when sovereignty is trampled.
I hope the EU is given a crushing ‘NO’ from the Irish.
If they vote yes, they will cease to be Ireland, and I think they know that.
June 21st, 2009 at 3:27 am
NO means no! They don’t respect people if they make them vote again! Talk about behaving like a snotty child who wants his way. EU (child)- mommy, buy me chocolate. Ireland(mother)- No… {child already spoiled} EU= WAHHHHHHHHHHH I WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next part of the scenario has yet to be written… This isn’t a good form of democracy whenever they don’t respect the voice of the people.
June 21st, 2009 at 8:48 am
Eire will vote “yes” because the media has been bought and paid for a long time ago and thats where the majority get their politcal opinions from
“fighting irish” is british propaganda, it was used to get the irish into their army to fight their dirty wars
The british used starvation to keep the irish in line throughout the 18th century(not just the famine) as starving people do not put up much of a fight, the irish catholic clergy was complicit in this, they exported and expanded this tool of oppression to india and the rest of their 2nd rate colonies
I don’t post much on this site since most of the comments seem ill concieved and far to religious but i felt i had to comment on this
Eire will not stop the EU superstate
Des Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
We need to ask the spirit of Eire to stop this for ALL freedom loving ppl through out the world. The spirit of Samhain can help us
Drachenfels Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:06 am
Brew im sorry but the irish media is one of the free-est media’s in the world. our government does not interfear with our news. its the tabloids that are owned by murdok and the rest that will go yes. the main papers and t.v. media will be as any media outlet should be and that is impartial and un biased.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:32 am
Alex,
Just keep asking Old Erin until she says yes…
An Irish Bedtime Story for all Nice Children and not so Maastricht Adults
http://www.ceolas.net/#eu7x
The Happy Family
Once upon a time there was a family treaty-ing themselves to a visit in Lisbon.
On the sunny day that it was they decided to go out together.
Everyone had to agree on what they would do.
“So”, said Daddy Brusselsprout “Let’s all go for a picnic!”
“No”, said Aunt Erin, “I don’t want to”.
Did they then think of something else, that they might indeed agree on?
Oh yes they did?
Oh no they didn’t!
Daddy Brusselsprout asked all the others anyway, isolating Erin, and then asked her if instead, she would like to go with them to the park and eat out of a lunch basket….
Kids, we’ll finish this story tomorrow, and remember, in the EU yes means yes and no means yes as well!
June 21st, 2009 at 10:13 am
The promises are so vague, this mob are certainly not to be trusted, they take the Straussian doctrine to the extreme. Can you imagine someone like Tony Blair presiding over the EU? The guy is incapable of telling the truth!
The fact that Bliar is being touted as the first Prez should ring a few alarm bells, if nothing else. Lets hope this Czech guy, Vaclav Claus, can kick up a stink in the meantime. And of course another no vote would be helpful from Ireland, although I appreciate the above comments on the pressure that is being brought to bear upon the Irish folk.
We shall all have to work to get the message across to our less enlightened fellow Europeans in the meantime; point out that the horror show that is unfolding across the pond will very soon be our reality too, if we don’t shape up.
f**k the elite Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am
to be honest most in people in europe know its a sham, i feel the only thing that will sort out this nwo shit is if the american people rise up and clean up. believe when i say, if we where armed like the american people nwo would be dead and buried….
frustrated phil Reply:
June 21st, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to be patronising, i’m a European too. I meant that we need to whip up enough interest to really send the message that NO means NO. I wish I shared your optimism, but from where I am standing, most people seem too preoccupied with their own petty little lives to have any clue as to what is *really* going on.
I don’t think most people are aware that the jackbooted thugs are already limbering up and that the concentration camps are really being erected for them. The brainwashing media is not giving out many clues and most of our politicians have sold us down the river.
I can see the same US scenario unfolding right here as soon as Lisbon is ratified, and people will wake up when it is much harder, and probably too late to stop. When I give out my spiel around here, people look at me as if i’m nuts. What the hell can we do?
June 21st, 2009 at 11:31 am
loke i said the whole thing is a thing sham, the irish should stay out of the eu prosecute the illuminati in their nation and close down the central bank there and back their own currency with gold/ silver notes and call their soliers home from the btrish military and fight for their own nation they are a great people .
June 21st, 2009 at 11:45 am
Say NO to Blair as president (http://www.independent.co.uk/n.....62928.html) of the EU:
http://stopblair.eu
http://www.gopetition.com/online/16745.html
- – - -
EUROPE IS A FRAUD. EUROPE IS A STAGE OF A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.
THEY DON’T STAND ON THEIR WORDS. ALL THEY DO IS LIE. VOTE NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.petice.eu/?lang=EN
June 21st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
The Ultimate Truthers Tool-Kit http://www.brandonkastning.net.....ction.html
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:57 am
i have said it here befor that they will try to push it through, an wots sickening is all the major parties(criminals) are backing it. we have said no! and we will say no again. nothing has changed in the treaty its just been re-worded again. I will vote a big NO when it comes to voting and im telling every1 i know that votes to go the same way. Because we have been hit hard in the ‘recession’ the promises to vote yes will be we will make the recession go away. alot of ppl here will belive them. we have gotten very consumerised in the last 15 years and thats all ppl are worried about.
VOTE NO TO LISBON!
June 24th, 2009 at 6:30 am
The EU & our government had the cheek to ignore our NO vote the last time. Also the supposed guarantees promised to us Irish aren’t legally binding. To me the EU is fast becoming a dictatorship. I’m voting NO and will be more than satisfied doing so.