EU leaders discuss deal to reassure Irish voters

EU leaders were today hoping to agree the terms of legally-binding guarantees to reassure Irish voters about the Lisbon Treaty – completing a triple deal at a summit in Brussels.

Late last night they unanimously endorsed a second five-year term of office for European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and paved the way for sweeping new EU-wide supervision of banks and finance bodies in the wake of the economic crisis.