Press Release: New study confirms the importance of Ireland retaining an EU Commissioner

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, on 9 March 2009, announced the publication of a report by Professor Richard Sinnott and a team from the University College Dublin (UCD) Geary Institute on voting behaviour in the Lisbon Treaty referendum of June 2008. The report is entitled 'Attitudes and behaviour in the referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon' and is available for download from the website of the UCD Geary Institute.

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Ireland: Department of Foreign Affairs: Publications: Post Lisbon Treaty referendum research findings, September 2008 http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.ie/uploads/documents/Publications/Post%20Lisbon%20Treaty%20Referendum%20Research%20Findings/final%20-%20post%20lisbon%20treaty%20referendum%20research%20findings.pdf

University College Dublin: UCD Geary Institute: Attitudes and behaviour in the referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, March 2009 http://geary.ucd.ie/images/Publications/Media/ucd_geary_institute_report.pdf

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