The sad thing about this new referendum is that the worst of the EU meets the worst of Ireland.

Of course, the best of both should've met. Negotiations should be about a better democratic functioning of the EU. About the Irish forcing the EU to live up to its standards. Instead of more of this mechanism of a power hungry EU abandoning its ideals to cater to particularistic demands just to keep growing, and petty national demands forcing the EU into a position where it can't live up to its ideals.