Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

-----on the national airwaves the Minister for Justice and Law Reform stated:

Clearly there were people from outside this country who were trying to bounce us, as a sovereign state, into making an application, throwing in the towel before we had even considered it as a government. There was quite incredible pressure on this country and, if you notice, they are doing the same with Portugal now.

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