The Labour Party has launched its campaign for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.
The party believes a Yes vote on 2 October will help to restore international confidence in Ireland, secure jobs and improve the rights of the individual.
Party leader Eamon Gilmore has warned against 'the complacency' that he believes was shown by the Yes side in the first campaign.
Mr Gilmore described the vote as a critical decision for the future of the country.
He said: 'Complacency will be the greatest obstacle and I believe that despite the support of the overwhelming majority of political parties and civil organisations, this will be a challenging campaign.'
The Labour leader appealed to people not to express what he called their understandable anger with the Government through voting No.
He said; 'In the current climate it is possible that some angry voters, who may have not problems at all with Lisbon, will be tempted to use the referendum to inflict what they would regard as a blow on the government.'
He added that a second rejection of the treaty would cause problems for Ireland and not just Fianna Fáil.
Labour's campaign director Joe Costello TD gave details of an intensive campaign.
It will be co-ordinated by the party's MEPs in the Euro constituencies and will include town hall meetings, door-to-door canvassing and an Internet-based campaign.
He said Labour intended approaching the referendum like it was a general election.
Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris accused Mr Gilmore of doing a u-turn on Lisbon and workers' rights.
Mr Ferris said following the defeat of the treaty, Mr Gilmore said the treaty was dead and the result of the referendum must be respected.
Unite calls for No vote
Separately, Unite has called on its 60,000 Irish members to vote No in the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in October.
The country's second largest trade union group said the additional guarantees Ireland had received on workers' rights were unsatisfactory.
The union was also one of the leading opponents during the first referendum last year.
Unite's Irish Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said that backing the Lisbon Treaty would 'enshrine' Irish workers' problems.
