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Wed 08 Aug 2008Euroscepticism is a game in which Ireland can only lose
Euroscepticism is a recipe for Ireland moving backwards and detaching itself from the rest of the world, writes Mary Frances McKenna
OUR FUTURE, and the type of future it will be, is at the core of Ireland's attempts to resolve the Lisbon Treaty impasse. What is at stake is whether we put in place a framework for a successful future or we drift into isolation and irrelevance. Ultimately we are asking, where do we want to be in five to 10 years, who do we want to be, what type of opportunities do we want to have?
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