‘There is no better deal’

Thursday’s referendum enables us to empower or stall Europe’s future, writes Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

THERE’S no doubt that this has been a difficult referendum campaign for members of the public who just want to hear a clear and honest debate about the issues at hand.

The European Union is a unique organisation in world history and because of this it can be hard to explain how it works — and it’s always easy to misrepresent it.