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Fri 07 Jul 2009Labour launches Lisbon campaign
Irish businesses will be able to apply directly to the European Investment Bank for funding rather than going through Irish banks if the Lisbon treaty referendum is passed, according to Labour Dublin MEP Proinsias De Rossa.
Announcing details of its campaign for a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said the economic situation had changed beyond recognition since June 2008 when a majority of Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty.
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