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Twitter slideshow: TDs react to the referendum announcement
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Feb 28th 2012, 4:45 PM

TDS AND ONE junior minister were quick to tweet their reaction to the announcement that a referendum will be held on the EU fiscal compact treaty.

As the Taoiseach informed the Dáil that the Attorney General had advised that a referendum would be required in order to ratify the agreement, TDs from all sides of the chamber took to their phones and here’s what they said:

Twitter slideshow: TDs react to the referendum announcement
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“A sustainable economic recovery”: FULL text of Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore’s EU referendum speech

“In Ireland’s national interest”: FULL text of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s EU referendum speech

Government confirms referendum on EU fiscal compact treaty

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