Irish 'disconnect'

Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald has said it is disturbing that there is such a disconnect between the elected leaders and their people. He said Ireland has to face the fact that the other countries will want to go ahead with the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and that is a real problem for Ireland. Are we going to block them, he asked? He said this is a crisis for Ireland and for Europe.

Posted at 07:33PM Jun 13, 2008 by Robert.OShaughnessy@rte.ie in General  |