Ireland to be Bullied over Lisbon

The following is a headline and opening paragraph from an article in the Irish Times this morning, linked here:

Government faces 2009 deadline to ratify EU treaty

JAMIE SMYTH in Brussels

THE GOVERNMENT is likely to be set a target by EU leaders later this week to ratify the Lisbon Treaty before the end of 2009 so that it can come into force at the start of January 2010.

Daniel Hannan blogs on this topic, it may be read here.