Mudcat Café message #2730261

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Thread #123812 Message #2730261
Posted By: GUEST,Shaneo
24-Sep-09 - 06:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Irish vote on Lisbon treaty looms
Subject: RE: BS: Irish vote on Lisbon treaty looms

The unemployment figure for Ireland in 1973 when Ireland joined the e.e.c. was 70,000. The figure today is 460,000.

Our farmers are worse off now that before we joined, as are our fisher men