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Tue 02 Feb 2009Stakes could not be higher over Lisbon Treaty, says Roche
THE STAKES for Ireland “could not be higher” as the Government presses ahead with its second attempt at ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, according to Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche.
The Government was buoyed by recent opinion polls showing a public shift towards supporting the treaty but was taking nothing for granted about the second Lisbon referendum later this year, Mr Roche said in a speech at Queen’s University, Belfast, yesterday.
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