Ireland Has A Role To Play In

The Irish Free State Was One Of Dozens Of New European Democracies To Emerge From The Cauldron Of The 1914-1918 War. It Was One Of The Very Few That Was Still Democratic In 1939. This Book Shows How The Steely Determination Of One Man, Kevin O'higgins, Made This Possible. O'higgins Faced Down Mutinies In Both The Gardai And The Army. He Dissolved The Dáil Courts Which Were A Parallel System That Might Easily Have Undermined The Conventional Courts. With Wt Cosgrave, He Put Through A Constitution Which Reconciled The Local Opponents Of Independence With The New State.

Of Course The Eu And Member States Must Work To Ensure That People Moving From One Country To Another Understand Their Obligations And Their Rights In Areas Like Health, Road Safety And Further Education.

The E.u. Imports More Agricultural Goods From Developing Countries Around The World Than Does The U.s., Canada And Japan, Combined.

States Can Be Deterred By The Fear Of Retaliation; Non-state Organisations Cannot By Deterred At All.

Since Creation Of The E.u. A Half Century Ago, Europe Has Enjoyed The Longest Period Of Peace In Its History.