The Irish government is considering amending the national constitution to allow for major future changes to EU rules to be made without a referendum, according to a report in The Irish Times on Friday.
To date Ireland has had several referendums on the EU treaties - including on EU entry in 1972, on the Single European Act, on The Treaty of Maastricht (paving the way to the euro) and the Treaty of Amsterdam.
In 2001, the small island famously rejected the Nice Treaty but approved...
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