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| Author:
| Muller, Duane D. |
| ISBN: | 979-8-6467-4167-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2020 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.50 |
Book Description:
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This book consists of daily entries in an online diary I kept during a three-week vacation in Ireland in the summer of 2008. At that time, the discussion about the EU reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon treaty, dominated the headlines and the Irish 'no' to it caused quite a stir. Since I conducted a survey on the referendum while on vacation, one subtitle to this book could be "Why the Irish said 'no' to Lisbon" or given the fact that they changed their minds and voted 'yes' in a...
More DescriptionThis book consists of daily entries in an online diary I kept during a three-week vacation in Ireland in the summer of 2008. At that time, the discussion about the EU reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon treaty, dominated the headlines and the Irish 'no' to it caused quite a stir. Since I conducted a survey on the referendum while on vacation, one subtitle to this book could be "Why the Irish said 'no' to Lisbon" or given the fact that they changed their minds and voted 'yes' in a second referendum, another subtitle could be "Why the Irish were smarter than the British" given the outcome of the Brexit referendum eight years later. Apart from this, the blog gives an insight into the psyche of the Irish from my perspective.