Well done Ireland! This certainly gets the toe-rag Gordon Brown off the hook, he, like Blair, being able to justify his denial of Britain`s promised referendum because somebody else has done the dirty work. You will recall the relief for Blair when France and Holland kicked the constitution into touch.
CAVEAT!! You now watch those scallywags (polite word for bastards) in Brussels cook up some process that they will legitimise allowing the process to rumble forward and sidestep the democratic Irish wish.