A vote needed on EU membership

News that David Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on continued British membership of the EU is welcome indeed.

One can only hope that other member States will follow suit, particularly our own.

Continued EU membership is doubtless going to entail further transfer of sovereignty from directly elected national parliaments to EU institutions. And while I’m sure there are those that would welcome such developments – particularly among some of our ideologically-driven Government TDs – it must be left to the citizens to decide if this is the direction the country should take.