Peter Murtagh
Peter Murtagh is a managing editor at the Irish Times. He was previously the paper’s foreign editor.
Updated: 22 June 2009
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By Peter Murtagh
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Ireland: Slouching towards Lisbon
22 June 2009The Irish Times Dublin
The Irish Republic is set to vote on the Lisbon treaty for a second time later this year. In order to counter the No camp that argues on the negative impact ratification would have in matters of national defence, taxation and abortion, it’s time, argues Peter Murtagh of the Irish Times, to separate EU fact from EU fiction.