On 10 March 1975, the day before the first Dublin European Council, Garret FitzGerald, Irish Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of Ministers of the European Communities , answers questions put by the journal 30 jours d'Europe on the issues to be addressed at the summit.

On 11 March 1975, during the Dublin European Council, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, delivers a speech on the main objectives of the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Community and reaffirms his government's determination to arrive at a compromise.

On 10 and 11 March 1975, the Heads of State or Government meeting as the European Council in Dublin adopt a political compromise whereby the British contribution to the Community budget is reduced. From left to right: Mariano Rumor, Italian Foreign Minister; François-Xavier Ortoli, President of the European Commission; Helmut Schmidt, Federal German Chancellor; Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg; Joop den Uyl, Netherlands Prime Minister; Knud Borge Andersen, Danish Foreign Minister; Liam Cosgrave, Irish Prime Minister; Valery Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic; Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, and Leo Tindemans, Belgian Prime Minister.

On 10 March 1975, the day before the first Dublin European Council, German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung lists the issues at stake in the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European common market.

On 12 March 1975, the House of Commons considers the impact of the decisions adopted the previous day in Dublin at the conclusion of the first European Council.

Au lendemain du premier Conseil européen à Dublin, le périodique britannique The Financial Times examine les objectifs et les résultats de la renégociation des conditions d'adhésion du Royaume-Uni aux Communautés européennes.

In his memoirs, former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, recalls the decisions adopted by the Nine following the first Dublin European Council (10-11 March 1975) before listing the results of the British referendum of 5 June 1975 on the country's continued membership of the European Communities.

On 18 March 1975, the British Government approves, by 16 votes to 7, the outcomes of the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the EEC, by virtue of which, the country decides to remain a member of the common market. In his memoirs, Tony Benn, the then Secretary of State for Industry, recalls the debates within the Government.

In April 1975, in the monthly publication 30 jours d’Europe, Jean Sauvagnargues, French Foreign Minister, gives his interpretation of the outcome of the first Dublin European Council.

Le 9 mai 1975, le quotidien anglais The Guardian publie une intervention de Peter Shore, ministre britannique du Commerce, en faveur d'un retrait du Royaume-Uni des Communautés européennes.

On 11 May 1975, Tony Benn, British Industry Minister, is quoted by the British Sunday newspaper The Observer and denounces the loss of national sovereignty which results from the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European common market.

Discussions become strained at the European Summit held in Dublin on 10 and 11 March 1975. The United Kingdom is opposed to the other eight Member States of the European Communities and calls for the renegotiation of the conditions for its accession.