The Irish foreign minister, Micheal Martin has said that Dublin is in talks with other European capitals to see if the retention of a commissioner for each member state is viable - a key concern of No voters in the June referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Mr Martin made the announcement on Monday (17 November) speaking to Irish public broadcaster RTE.
"We've had a number of discussions over the last couple of weeks, and those discussions are ongoing and have intensified in recent tim...
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