Ireland completes ratification of Lisbon Treaty

.In a second referendum on the accord on October 2, Ireland voted strongly in favour of the treaty, overturning a previous shock No vote in June 2008 which had left the European Union in limbo.
The Yes vote triumphed by 67 percent to 33 percent.
Ireland is the only EU country constitutionally obliged to put the treaty to a referendum.
The Irish approval leaves the Czech Republic as the only EU member state still to ratify the treaty, which is designed to streamline decision-making in the 27-nation bloc.
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