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Libertas Chairman Declan Ganley has booked three one-way seats on an 6pm flight to Brussels on June 13th in the names of Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore, and Brian Cowen.

Mr. Ganley said that he had bought the tickets to make the point that the Irish people should tell the three party leaders to go back for a better deal "and not come back until they have achieved it".

Speaking outside Government Buildings, Mr. Ganley said:

"The deal that has been achieved by Ireland in this treaty is an embarrassment. We lose our commissioner for five years at a time, our vote is halved while Germany's is doubled, and we lose vetoes in 60 areas of policy and hand over competence in 105 new areas.

We gain an unelected President of Europe. We gain an unelected Foreign Minister.

We open back doors in a whole range of policy areas, including taxation. Our veto on WTO deals is pretty much abolished, to the extent that the French now call it a "useful illusion".

We need to send our leaders back to Brussels to get the deal we deserve.

Our message to voters is very clear. On Thursday, send Brian back to Brussels, and tell him not to come back without a commissioner. On Friday, he will have both the mandate, and the means, to get a better deal.

I'll even pay for their taxi to the airport on Friday evening."