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| Breaking: Early Lisbon tallies lean toward No vote |
| 2008-06-13 |
| Counting of votes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum began at 9am today, and early tallies show the vote leaning toward the No side. In Mayo, the vote appears to be 60-40 in favour of the No camp with the majority of boxes counted. There was a 52 per cent turnout. Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and the partyÂ’s MEP Jim Higgins are conceding that the No campaign have won in Mayo. In Dublin South-West, there is a report 60 per cent-40 per cent split in favour of the No side, and this 60-40 tally is repeated in Dublin North-West, Dublin Central, and Dublin North-East. In Dublin South-East, early tallies indicate a 70 per cent-30 per cent split in favour of the No vote. Elsewhere in the country, tallies from Limerick West indicated a 59-41 No vote. Tipperary South tallies show 50.3 per cent Yes and 49.7 per cent No vote, while Tipperary North tallies indicate a 50-50 split. In Galway West, early tallies are 56 per cent No, 43 per cent Yes; Galway East is split 50 per cent on the tallies; while Mayo is showing a strong leaning toward Yes, with a reported 60-40 tally against the Treaty. Initial tally figures from Sligo-Leitrim suggest a 66 per cent No vote, Roscommon-South Leitrim indicates a 55 per cent No vote, while Donegal South-West (55 per cent No) and Donegal North-East (63 per cent No) are also showing an anti-Lisbon trend. In Louth, the tally split was reported to be a 57 per cent-43 per cent in favour of No. In Meath West and East, the split shows a 60-40 percentage advantage to the No side. Both Kildare constituencies appear to be bucking the trend, however, with early tallies indicating a 57 per cent -43 per cent vote in favour of Lisbon. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #4 End of BBC's article finishes: Just over three million Irish voters are registered - in a European Union of 490 million people. Wonder if that means - dropping Ireland from the EU? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-06-13 15:03 |
| #3 It's over (not leans over) NO IS THE VOTE |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-06-13 14:59 |
| #2 I guess the yokes of repression and serfdom didn't appeal to the Irish. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-13 09:40 |
| #1 Time to vote again, can't let history be determined by a buncha dang Micks. |
| Posted by: George Smiley 2008-06-13 09:33 |