Nice No vote ‘will isolate us in Europe’
Attacking No campaigners as "Little Irelanders" and as people who had never "created a single job," IBEC president Maurice Pratt and director general Turlough O'Sullivan appealed for business and individuals to vote Yes. Ireland's self-interest clearly pointed us in this direction, they told reporters at the launch in their Dublin headquarters. Mr O'Sullivan said a Yes vote was of critical importance for Ireland, for our economy and for Irish business.
He said IBEC had watched "in amazement" last year as "anonymous and undeclared" forces "blitzed" the streets with misleading claims.