Posted on 06/13/2008 5:17:43 AM PDT by IrishMike
Ireland vote rejects EU treaty
Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has said substantial referendum returns show that Ireland has rejected the European Union reform treaty.
Electoral officials expect to confirm the result later.
Mr Ahern based his conclusion on tallies of votes produced nationally by election observers as well as early official returns.
They showed the "no" camp ahead in the vast majority of Ireland's 43 electoral constituencies, while pro-treaty voters were clearly ahead in only a few.
The expected result will send shock waves throughout the EU.
Ireland was the only member to subject the Lisbon Treaty to a popular vote, while other countries have been ratifying the painstakingly negotiated pact only through their national governments.
Mr Ahern said "We're in uncharted waters."
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LOL. Amen. God loves the Irish!
Great news. Tonight a will celebrate witha few Irish stouts.
And the even better news, the Latin Mass is back in Ireland:
http://catholicheritage.blogspot.com/
So glad that some actually take the time to understand their own history. Too many have forgotten. The amazing thing is that most of these events happened less than three hundreds years in the past. If a man lives to be aprox 100 years old...300 years is only three lifetimes.
The government schools do the same thing with school levies.
Saturday morning Bump for Ireland!
God bless Poland, Solidarity and Pope John Paul II.
Ireland: take a hint from the Polish people who were under the boots of two murderous, aetheistic tyrannies.
STAND STRONG AND DON’T EVER DENY THE FAITH OF YOUR FATHERS!!!!
We say “Polonia Semper Fidelis”, and that is truth indeed.
I'm not trying to boast about my people by the fact is that Poland is actually the only country in Europe where new churches are built because they are just needed, contrary to other European countries where churches are closed one by one and shamelessly changed into discos, bars, restaurants, etc. This speaks for itself.
Besides, Poland is the only country where the Cross of the Lord is hanged in the Parliament, next to the national flag.
What's more, crosses are ubiquitous in public and private schools, hospitals, offices. The Catholic faith is learned by 95% of Polish pupils in schools because this is parents’ wish.
68% of Polish youth is totally against abortion, some 80% of Poles call themselves spiritual descendants of John Paul II or “the generation JP2” for short.
Countless thousands of young men (mainly 15-20 years-olds) gather at Lednica Lake every year to celebrate the baptism of Poland of 966 and reconfirm their faith and will of living in purity till their wedding days.
See the Polish youth at Lednica yourself:
So, don't worry. The faith in Poland is pretty strong and no Spanish Zapateros or other EU antichristian officials will ever be able to change it.
God be with You
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