Committee: Second treaty vote the answer to impasse

A CROSS-PARTY Oireachtas committee established to examine the impasse caused by Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon treaty has indicated that a second referendum is inevitable.

Committee: Second treaty vote the answer to impasse

After six weeks of hearings and testimony from 110 people from more than 40 organisations, the sub-committee on Ireland’s future in the European Union produced its report yesterday.

Although the committee insisted that recommending a solution to the impasse was not within its orders of reference, the report clearly suggested that a referendum was, in fact, the best answer.

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