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Fri 03 Mar 2008Why Labour says Yes to Lisbon Treaty
COMMENT: Ireland's neutral status remains unchanged and our proud record of participating in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions will continue under the Lisbon Treaty, writes Joe Costello
IN 1972, the Labour Party campaigned against Ireland joining the European Economic Community, as it was then known. The given wisdom in the party and the trade union movement at the time was that the powerful industrialised countries of Europe would destroy Ireland's weak, protected industries, causing a wholesale loss of jobs.
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