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Live webcast Monday - "Ireland and Europe in 2009 - An unclear horizon?"

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  • 14-12-2008 1:14am
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    ibis
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    Live webcast Monday - "Ireland and Europe in 2009 - An unclear horizon?"

    There'll be a live webcast of a EU hosted event Monday morning at 11 am, streamed through euireland.tv. Questions are being taken in advance at euireland.tv - maximum of three online questions being asked, and the clearer they are the more likely they are to be asked!

    The list of speakers includes:

    * Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs
    * Joe Costello TD, Labour Party Spokesperson on Europe and Human Rights
    * Lucinda Creighton TD, Fine Gael, Spokesperson on European Affairs
    * Senator Rónán Mullen, Seanad Éireann (NUI PANEL)
    * Joe Higgins, Socialist Party
    * Sarah Carey, Columnist, Irish Times

    The discussions will be chaired by Kevin Rafter.

    Please note that the cutoff for questions is tomorrow evening, in order to give us time to get the questions to the chair.


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    Rengaw
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    Are these events held in other EU nations or is ireland just getting special attention because we said no to lisbon?


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    ibis
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    Rengaw wrote: »
    Are these events held in other EU nations or is ireland just getting special attention because we said no to lisbon?

    These kind of meetings are held all over the EU all the time. The webcasting and online interaction is an Irish innovation, I'm pleased to say, and not related to Lisbon. It is related somewhat to the general feeling that the public were left out of the debate, though.


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    turgon
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    ibis wrote: »
    It is related somewhat to the general feeling that the public were left out of the debate, though.

    You mean they left themselves outside of the debate.


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    murphaph
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    turgon wrote: »
    You mean they left themselves outside of the debate.
    I thought voter turnout was quite high, which would suggest people took an interest.


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    PHB
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    murphaph wrote: »
    I thought voter turnout was quite high, which would suggest people took an interest.

    Turnout:
    Lisbon - 53%
    2007 General Election - 67%
    Nice II - 48%
    Nice 1 - 34%

    It was highish for a European referendum, low for a normal election.


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