A couple of points:
Not great journalistically I thought. Nothing much to say bar unconfirmed rumours, questions left for us to ponder......
The usual heavy handed music (though not quite as slapstick as the time of the "future shock" property programme) and ominous slience at the end- have we become so thick that the national broadcaster feels the need to lay it on with a trowel? Or maybe it's supposed to compensate for the lack of punches landed.
Isnt it all a bit of a diversion from the real issue? - which, IMHO is - is this
particular treaty good for Ireland (and, secondly Europe) or not? I'm sick to the teeth of irrelevancies (both sides) about us being out of step with Europe, being bullied and guilt tripped by people who cant explain whats in the thing (read it might be a start lads...) but are darn sure we must vote yes or teh country will be a wasteland and we'll all have to return to the fields to tram hay.
As regards Ganley - programme would have damaged him a bit, he definitely has questions to answer. I think its safe to say he's a bit of a spoofer. But even if I I knew for a fact that he is the devil incarnate backed by the axis of evil, perhaps he's right on this particular treaty???
I would definitely fault Libertas for scaremongering irrelevancies such as conscription, abortion etc, but I dont think they had exclusive rights to those tactics.
My bottom line on EU: dont want a federal Europe, we're too small and if it suits the rest of Europe we'll wither on the vine (see the interest rate situation as the first example - do they give a hang whether Ireland needs a higher or lower ECB rate?? - unless we're in sync with France and Germany we're screwed). Do we want the tax system or anything else important to go the same way? I think the common currency is about as far as we can go, any futher and we're running risks for no return. I also think there's merit in the view that Europe's political elite have lost the run of themselves and the wishes of the constituents are a hassle they feel they could and should do without as they proceed with their merry project.
phew - rant over