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Ceta referendum is important for ‘constitutional integrity’, Costello says

Green Party TD Patrick Costello last week won a Supreme Court case against the state over plans to ratify the EU-Canada trade agreement

Supreme Court rules ratification of EU-Canada trade deal unconstitutional

The court also ruled 6-1 that amending the Arbitration Act 2010 could allow the Ceta trade deal to be ratified without a referendum following a challenge by government TD Patrick Costello

Green Party TD lodges appeal against high court Ceta ruling

Patrick Costello has raised concerns over the constitutionality of investor courts

Comment: Why it’s time for Ireland to ratify Ceta

The benefits and opportunities presented by the trade deal with Canada should be embraced

Dáil vote on Ceta to be delayed until legal actions run course

The controversial trade deal between Canada and Europe has caused a schism within the Green Party

50/50 split over ratification of Ceta on Oireachtas European Affairs committee

One Green Party senator on the committee has gone against the government’s position on the trade deal with Canada

Varadkar wanted to ‘move with speed’ on delayed EU-Canada trade deal

Ceta was due to be ratified in the Dáil last December only for row to break out within Green Party

Green TD to explain challenge to Ceta as party anger mounts

Colleagues complained they were ‘blindsided’ by move, which might endanger progress on other policy issues

Comment: Domestic law makers far better placed than CETA’s investment courts to judge policy choices

Contracting states, not corporations, must decide whether a violation is sufficiently significant to merit a complaint

Canada claims Ceta respects government’s rights to regulate in the interests of its citizens

Trade deal will ‘strengthen economic recovery and benefit workers and businesses in both of our countries,’ according to Canadian government

Comment: Why investment agreements like Ceta are worth pursuing for the EU

EU investors are at greater risk in third countries, so the rationale for making investment protection a pillar of our trade policy is clear

The trade row that just won’t go away

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement has yet to be ratified, and opinion is split on whether it actually represents a good deal for Ireland

Comment: Ceta is an EU success story and the hostility to it is misguided

The mutually beneficial trade deal between Canada and the EU is a progressive agreement and it responds to the challenges of the 21st century

Key figures could leave Greens over Ceta deal

TDs concerned Canadian trade agreement would allow firms to sue states over lost profits

Comment: CETA offers us the hand-rolled cigarette of international investment law

Ireland uniquely positioned among EU members to reject international investment rules, and should 'just say no'

Lucinda Creighton: Left and right not so different after all over Canada trade deal

The radical left are mobilising against the EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement (CETA) with flimsy arguments reminiscent of the radical right

Greens fail to reach accord over party leaders’ CETA change of mind

Eamon Ryan and the other three Green ministers’ move to ratify the economic and trade agreement with Canada has led to protests that CETA, strongly opposed within the party, was not discussed during talks on government formation