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Tue 09 Sep 2009Churches ask voters to consider purpose of treaty
PROTESTANT CHURCHES:RELEVANT representative bodies of three Irish Protestant Churches have urged voters in the referendum “to consider carefully the changed context in which Ireland finds itself following the rejection of the first referendum, and in the light of the declarations of the European Council”.
They noted that “these guarantees provide that Ireland will keep a commissioner, will remain in control of our own tax rates, will retain control over neutrality , over sensitive ethical issues such as abortion, and that workers’ rights and public services will be valued and protected in Ireland and across the union”.
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