[Colosis]

This treaty will be forced on the Irish. What annoys me is after the referendum, when Ireland made a clear signal to Europe, Gordon Brown quietly signed up for the treaty.

[gridlock]

This will be the death of Europe.

[IrishMike]

....’Issues of sovereignty, the loss of an EU Commissioner and the introduction of abortion were also important, according to the Millward Brown IMS poll.

There is huge Government frustration that principal reasons identified for the ‘No’ vote were not effectively neutralised in the course of the campaign.

When he was asked if the Government bungled its campaign yesterday, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, replied: “It is clear we did not succeed in communicating effectively.”....

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/we-bungled-the-campaign-says-coalition-1473412.html