Rehashed rows will make it a long month

LISTENING to various commentators rehash the same opposing arguments concerning the second Lisbon vote is like rewatching an old film, and not a very good one.

Yesterday, it was the turn of Irish regional secretary of Unite Jimmy Kelly and Labour spokesperson on Europe Joe Costello to go head to head on RTÉ radio trotting out the same debate about workers’ rights we heard last year.

In short, Mr Kelly argued on behalf of Ireland’s second largest trade union that the treaty was bad news for workers’ rights.