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Wed 06 Jun 2008Treaty rejection will reduce Ireland to minority of one in Union
OPINION:Going back to the drawing board and getting a better deal is not going to happen, writes Brigid Laffan.
THE ELECTORATE has voted against two European treaties in eight years. The latest vote is much more decisive than 2001 because of the level of turnout and margin of victory. Ireland's national consensus on Europe is over. Successive governments successfully positioned Ireland as a committed member state and in turn the EU provided Ireland with a strong anchor in a rapidly changing world. That anchor is now adrift of its moorings. We have taken a leap in the dark.
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