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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

Patrick Costello, Green Party TD: took a case against the state in 2021 due to his concerns over the constitutionality of investor courts provided for under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; he lost but appealed to the Supreme Court. Picture: Fergal Phillips

It is important for Ireland’s “constitutional integrity” that any plan to join an international investor court system is put to a referendum according to Patrick Costello, the Green Party TD who last week won a Supreme Court victory.

Costello took a case against the state in 2021 due to his concerns over the constitutionality of investor courts provided for under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta). He lost his High Court case last ...