pA small group of left-wing protesters gathered outside Dublin’s Convention Centre on March 6 as the European People’s Party (EPP) held their congress inside. One protester offered some colourful advice on how to deal with EU laws, using a megaphone to sing to the EPP delegates, “You can stick your EU laws up your arse.” The congress was attended by a number of European leaders, including Angela Merkel and José Manuel Barroso.