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Thu 06 Jun 2009Cowen appeals for cast iron assurances over Lisbon
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has appealed to EU leaders to provide him with a cast iron assurance today that Ireland's legal guarantees will in the future become a protocol.
The Taoiseach met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today to discuss resistance to Irish demands that guarantees have the status of a treaty protocol. It is understood the British position is that such a move would require ratification by all member states.
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