"A vote for selfishness": The battle of millennials and Brexit-voting boomers
As the dust settles on the UK decision to exit the EU, younger people fear their fate has been sealed by their elders.
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As the dust settles on the UK decision to exit the EU, younger people fear their fate has been sealed by their elders.
Predictions in London suggest that today could be the fifth-biggest drop in UK stock market history.
He announced his resignation hours after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Irish government is sending in the troops to support the anti-Brexit side, writes historian Bryce Evans, without giving Irish emigrants anything back.
Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine says the federal government wants a convention on a new treaty this December.
The Independent TD had challenged the ESM Treaty, arguing that it involved a loss of sovereignty for Ireland and needed a referendum.
Following the passing of the Fiscal Compact treaty, Eamon Gilmore said that Ireland now needed to get a deal to lessen the burden on the Irish taxpayer.
Who’s become more pro-European in the last two years? And what proportion of Irish people actually said Yes?
The Sinn Féin president said that the high number of No votes and the reluctant Yes vote indicated that a lot of people were not happy with the government’s policies.
How the Twittersphere reacted to Ireland’s decision to vote Yes in the Fiscal Compact referendum…
International newspapers and media focussed on the fact that a Yes vote had avoided further headaches for eurozone leaders but committed Ireland to “more austerity” as one paper put it.
The Nobel-winning economist isn’t impressed with Ireland’s vote – but reckons it could all be fairly meaningless anyway.
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed…
The results are coming in thick and fast… the ‘Yes’ vote appears to have it.
We liveblogged all the results, reactions and fallout from the Fiscal Compact referendum here…. Catch up on what you missed.
The ‘Yes’ vote is ahead in the tallies although official results not in yet.
There’s a couple of bell-weather areas which, if the past is anything to go by, could give a hint as to the total outcome.
Counting of votes is set to begin at 9 o’clock this morning in 26 count centres around the country.
As they head to the booths, voters have been telling us how turnout figures are looking pretty dismal…
Voting turnout for referendums is traditionally lower than for general elections. Do you plan to cast a vote today?
Campaigning on the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ side shut down at 2pm today. As you get your voting card ready for tomorrow’s poll, TheJournal.ie pushes aside the political point-scoring…
They can’t talk about it, but they can tweet about it. Political parties take to social media to continue campaigning.
The ads, which link to the Fine Gael website, are the work of the UK political blogger Guido Fawkes who said they were “good craic”.
The High Court rules that there is not sufficient clarity between Irish and EU laws about how countries ratify certain measures.
Gerry Adams says the court’s findings are “a far leap” from the Yes side’s belief that the ESM was “set in stone”.
The Nobel prize-winning economist said that austerity is a deeply destructive policy which is failing dismally.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here they are.
We asked TheJournal.ie’s users to put forward their questions about what the Fiscal Compact actually MEANS and we would get straightforward answers. Here’s how we got on.
The traditional radio and TV silence in the hours before polls open comes into effect this afternoon.
Doherty claims that the Referendum Commission changed its stance on Ireland’s veto of the ESM – and did not seek equal publicity for its second statement. The Commission rejects the claims.