Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daya daga cikin ayyukansa na farko tun lokacin da aka sake zabar shi ne ziyarar zuwa Ireland don shawo kan 'yan kasar Irish su amince da Yarjejeniyar Lisbon a cikin zaben raba gardama na biyu na kasar
saboda za a yi a watan mai zuwa. Ministan Tsaro na Irish Willie O'Dea da Peter Power, Ministan Ministan Harkokin Kasashen waje, sun gaishe da Barroso lokacin da ya sauka daga jirginsa a Filin jirgin saman Shannon a safiyar ranar 19 ga Satumba 2009 kafin ya gana da kwamitin hadin gwiwa na Oireachtas da ganawa da gaishe da mutane a ayyukan a Gidan Gida na Limerick, Jami'ar Limerick (UL) da Savoy Hotel. Ya gaya wa "The Irish Times" a cikin wata hira da kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters ya yi magana a duniya cewa an tambaye shi ko Ireland za ta rabu da Tarayyar Turai. Ya kuma kaddamar da tallafin € 14.8 miliyan ga tsoffin ma'aikata a masana'antar Dell ta Limerick, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin "mai dacewa" da tsohon dan majalisar Turai da kuma anti-Lisbonite Patricia McKenna.