Upon mature reflection

The Council of the European Union today held a Very Important Meeting in Brussels. The key outcome of Days of Cliffhanger Negotiations among the prime and foreign ministers was a Completely Clear and Understandable declaration that the Lisbon Treaty says what it means and means what it says, and furthermore that future actions will be taken at some unspecified date in which the countries will further declare that their declaration that the treaty says what it means and means what it says also says what it means and means what it says.

And all that cleared up, would youze all now please go and vote Yes in the September referendum to ratify the treaty.

Above, the single photo of an Irish representative that appears among the 90 photos of today's council session in Brussels.