Lisbon II – What’s Changed?

Last October the Irish people went to the polling booth to have their say on the Lisbon Treaty - the result was a definite NO. The path is now being paved for a second vote on the treaty; So, what's changed? Before the first Lisbon vote, many people had a great number of concerns about the Lisbon Treaty's content. Unusually despite this, every single, major political party supported the YES vote. The public were subjected to the opinions of ministers who openly admitted never reading the treaty document yet were convinced that YES was the only way to vote. After the NO vote won out, the [...]