Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tētahi o ana mahi tuatahi i muri i te pōtitanga anō, ko te haerenga ki Ireland ki te akiaki i ngā tāngata Irish ki te whakaae ki te Tiriti o Lisbon i roto i te whenua
te rua o nga pooti ka tū i te marama e whai ake nei. I pōwhirihia a Barroso e te Minita mo te Parenga o Ireland a Willie O'Dea me Peter Power, te Minita o te Kawanatanga mo te Whakawhanake o waho, i a ia e heke ana i tana rererangi i te Taunga Rererangi o Shannon i te ata o te 19 o Mahuru 2009 i mua i tana hui poto me te komiti honohono o te Oireachtas me te whakatau me te oha atu ki nga taangata i nga huihuinga i te Whare Taone o Limerick, Whare Wananga o Limerick (UL) me te Hotera Savoy. I kii ia ki te "The Irish Times" i roto i tetahi uiui i whakahuahia e Reuters i te ao, i patai ia mena ka wehe atu a Ireland i te Uniana o Europi. I whakarewaina hoki e ia he moni 14.8 miriona euro mō ngā kaimahi o mua i te wheketere o Dell i Limerick, i whakaahuatia e Patricia McKenna, mema o mua o te Pāremata o Ūropi, e whakahē ana hoki ki a Lisbon.