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Sat 08 Aug 2008Ratify Lisbon Treaty regardless of referendum result
INSIDE POLITICS:The Dáil must take the boldest of political steps - or else Ireland will return to being a client state of Britain, writes Stephen Collins
THE SQUABBLE between the Government and Opposition over a proposed Dáil commission to examine the pros and cons of the Lisbon Treaty only goes to prove that a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is doomed to almost certain defeat. At this stage it is hard to see how a confused and divided Yes side will be any match for a confident No campaign, awash with money and unhampered by any allegiance to truth.
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