’Give us a bit of socialism’: Late Late Show footage of Corkonians discussing Europe in 1989

There’s a lot of talk about the possible British exit from Europe at the moment and perhaps David Cameron should watch this video from Cork in 1989 before he makes any decisions.

Over here in Ireland, Cork people were a little sceptical about getting involved before the EU was even formed.

Talk of European integration was dominating the news back in 1989 and ahead of the Maastricht treaty Uncle Gaybo sent a Late Late Show film crew to Cork city to find out what the people were thinking.