"Well, Dick, the EU was never going to be in the vanguard of bringing about revolutionary change among the 6/the 9/the 12/the 28. It was about creating a bunch of democracies that would never wage war again on the scale of the world wars and about creating a trading bloc that would operate without punitive tariffs."
When we entered in 1973 it was about trade,it was a trading organisation, it is true that it has prevented war amongst its members, however it was useless at preventing war between serbia and croatia.      FROM Irelands point of view OVERALL it is better for the uk to remain in europe or alternatively remain in the EEA.