The Lisbon Treaty, the agreement signed last December (in you guessed it: Lisbon), will shortly be up for vote here in Ireland. All of the countries in the EU have to ratify it in order for it to go into effect and while all but Ireland are sending it directly to Parliament for easy ratification, Ireland, by a clause in its constitution, is having a general referendum in addition to a parliamentary vote.
For those of you not familiar with it, it's meant to replace the draft European constitution. More people than not seem in favour of the treaty, but most people I know are opposed. Not being a voter, I haven't looked much into the treaty and so don't know which way I'd vote if I could vote.
For more information you can visit yestolisbon.ie which provides general information on the treaty and well, tries to convince you to vote for it, or the bbc's article here or RTÉ's site here. A consolidated breakdown, thanks to RTÉ, can be found here.
Despite my lack of knowledge on the subject, it is a big subject - there are signs along the road every 100m urging us to "vote yes". I think they're part of Fianna Fáil's campaign for a "Yes" vote, led by the new Taoiseach.
