Should Ireland leave the EU? Prof. Delores Cahill talks IREXIT ahead of Limerick Conference
Chairwoman of the IREXIT Irish Freedom party, Professor Dolores Cahill spoke to Live95 FM ahead of the Limerick Conference today with special guest George Hook who will discuss censorship in the Irish media. It will take place today at 2pm in the South Court Hotel, Raheen, Limerick City.
Prof. Cahill told Live95 FM that her party wanted to open the discussion on Ireland leaving the EU. She said Ireland has been a net contributor to the EU since 2014 so Ireland no longer receives money from the EU — "basically we are giving more than we give back."
But Cahill said it wasn't just about the money. She said EU law as supremacy over Irish law so all the laws that govern Ireland come from the EU — "if you don't control the laws you make, then you really have no power." She said past revolutions like the American or French revolution were never about small amounts of monetary gain but rather about who makes the laws to govern our lives.
"In Ireland we don't really have democracy any more because of all the EU regulations. And just to give you an idea from the European Commission alone, Irish citizens have to live under 127 thousand regulations which are not coherent and once the EU passes a regulation in the European member states, it is automatically enforced."
Cahill also said that DCU lecturer Karen Divine has calculated that €200 billion worth of fish has been taken out of Irish waters as a result of Ireland being in the EU.
In February, a report by the European Council on Foreign Relations, a pro-EU think-tank said that the growth of anti-EU parties in the European Parliament elections in May could “paralyse” the bloc in a range of policy area:
"The parties would be able to appoint the chairs of a third of European Parliament (EP) committees and block the body from triggering so-called “Article 7” procedures against rogue member states that flout the rule of law – as it did with Viktor Orban’s Hungary last year.
"Even more significantly, unless all the other political groups consistently vote together, populists might also be able to block the election of the next European Commission president to replace Jean-Claude Juncker, shape EU law, and influence the union’s budget.
“Winning more than 33 per cent of seats would enable them to form a minority that could block some of the EU’s procedures and make the adoption of new legislation much more cumbersome – with a potentially damaging impact on the content of the EU’s foreign policy, as well as on the EU’s overall institutional readiness and its political credibility to take initiatives in the area.”
Broadcast: Live95 FM | 05 Apr 2019
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