Views of Lisbon rejectionists contradicted by vast majority of Greens and environmentalists
The No campaigners who have claimed that the Lisbon Treaty would do nothing for environmental protection are becoming increasingly desperate in their attempts to discredit the Treaty, the Green Party’s European Affairs spokesperson Senator Deirdre de Burca said this morning.
Senator de Burca, who is [...]

This week saw leaders gather from across the world to debate one important issue – climate change. So important is this issue that Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the UN chose to invite Presidents and Prime Ministers rather than Environment Ministers to the UN General Assembly to discuss the need to take urgent action [...]

 The Lisbon Treaty debate in Ireland to date has focused on whether the treaty will support and promote Irish interests – those of businesses, workers, farmers etc. While women are obviously included in all of these categories, it is legitimate nonetheless to ask specifically whether the treaty will be good for women.  In my opinion [...]

Green Party Senator, Deirdre de Burca has today strongly criticised Lisbon No campaigners who have promoted “false and misleading” claims about an alleged threat to minimum wage levels in Ireland if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified.
Senator de Burca says that many young people she is meeting during her canvassing for the Lisbon Treaty have expressed [...]

Senator Déirdre de Búrca:      I ask the Minister to excuse me for not having turned off my mobile phone before coming to the meeting. He said my ringtone was optimistic but we need optimistic ringtones on our mobile phones, anything that can help to improve the general mood.
I have a copy of a paper [...]

Specialists in the fields of energy efficiency, climate change and heritage joined the Environment Minister John Gormley and Green Party Senator Deirdre de Burca to promote a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty at a press event in Dublin this morning.
Speaking in the recently completed Trinity Point building on Leinster Street South, which was built [...]

Speaking during a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs today Senator de Burca said the newspaper, which describes itself as a ‘catholic monthly newspaper’ is peddling gross mistruths about the Lisbon Treaty and is preying on the most vulnerable in society.
Senator de Burca said: “It is important that the fundamentalist and extremist views [...]

Lisbon builds on Europe’s good track record on women’s rights
At a public meeting on the Lisbon Treaty hosted by the Feminist Open Forum last night in the Central Hotel in Dublin, the Green Party’s spokesperson on European Affairs, Senator Deirdre de Burca said that the Lisbon Treaty represented a ‘good deal for women’.
“The European Union [...]

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
I feel very privileged to be asked to speak here tonight on this very interesting and important topic. I suppose that I am in a good position to try to answer this question, as we had a very active public debate in Ireland last year about the EU during the campaign [...]

The European Union represents, in GDP terms, the world’s largest economy. However, in real terms the EU is a Single Market or Free Trade area, comprising many different national economies. To date, it has not been very meaningful to speak about the “European economy”. However, this is likely to change as EU Member States face [...]