UK Remain campaign can learn from Ireland’s EU referenda

With Brexit vote on European Union status just weeks away, the apathy of the young may be key, say Mary C Murphy and John O’Brennan

WITH seven weeks to go to the Brexit polling day, in the UK, much can be learned from Ireland’s frequent referendums on EU treaties.

Even the undoubted star power of US President Barack Obama has done little to quell the impression that the UK’s Remain campaign is floundering.