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RSSDespite having an opt-out on immigration measures under the Lisbon Treaty, Ireland agreed to fully participate in EU relocation/resettlement schemes.
Just 1% of Ireland's active raised bogs remain after years of land reclamation and turf-cutting and the Commission has asked Ireland to take action.
Although the European Union is sometimes accused of being undemocratic, all EU laws must be approved by democratically elected politicians.
The catch value of fish taken from Irish waters actually increased after Ireland became an EU Member State in 1973.
A complex set of circumstances led to Ireland requesting international financial assistance from the EU and the IMF in the late naughties.