Government stops EU releasing treaty papers

The European Council has refused to release documents on the fiscal treaty after the Government intervened.

In response to a request to the council for all documents submitted by the Government or on behalf of the Irish people, the council said the Government had argued successfully against releasing the documents.

Unlike on previous occasions where it has emerged that the Government had never submitted any documents to the EU, the Government made five submissions to try to change the fiscal treaty in advance of the successful referendum held on the May 31.