Voters have been subjected to a barrage of outlandish claims: the Treaty would supposedly introduce abortion into Ireland (it is outlawed under Ireland’s constitution), abolish Ireland’s low corporate-tax rate, and introduce a European army that would soon be sending Irish boys home from distant battlefields in body bags. Even Ireland’s dismal performance at the recent Eurovision Song Contest has been used to bolster the message: “They didn’t vote for us; why should we vote for them?”
选民们听到了一大堆怪论。什么条约将会让堕胎合法化(爱尔兰的宪法禁止堕胎)，取消爱尔兰的低企业税，并且将会建立一支欧洲军队，马上就让在远方征战的爱尔兰士兵在尸体袋中运回来。甚至爱尔兰在最近的欧洲歌唱比赛中表现不佳也被利用，说“他们不投我们的票，为什么我们要投他们的票呢？”