Gilmore softens stance on treaty vote

LABOUR left open the door to supporting a second Lisbon referendum last night.

Party leader Eamon Gilmore made it clear another vote on Ireland’s relationship with the EU was inevitable, but the wording would need to be debated.

What was seen a softening of the previous Labour line of opposing any attempt to re-run the divisive Lisbon campaign came as British foreign secretary David Miliband again insisted Ireland would not be “bullied” into action by the rest of the EU as he visited Dublin.