A good background article for EC4333 students. Lane writes:
Ireland is the only country that must hold a referendum to endorse the new Reform Treaty. There are several reasons to be optimistic that the Irish electorate will support the Treaty in the vote, which is scheduled for some time in 2008. First, the Irish electorate is largely well-disposed towards European integration and the political system will act to ensure that the complacently low turnout of 2001 (which led to the original 'no' vote on the Nice Treaty) will not be repeated.