Ballot boxes are being opened around the country, and while it is far too early to be definitive, the Yes side are not too happy with the early indications.Advertisement Working class areas of the capital are reported to be voting two to one against Lisbon, while the vote is more evenly split in middle class districts. In Donegal North East, with 10% of boxes opened, not one has a Yes majority, while in Tipperary North, political sources are predicting that the result will be very close, and in Wicklow. However, it is very early days, and these are only tallies rather than actual results.
Ballot boxes are being opened around the country, and while it is far too early to be definitive, the Yes side are not too happy with the early indications.Advertisement
Working class areas of the capital are reported to be voting two to one against Lisbon, while the vote is more evenly split in middle class districts.
In Donegal North East, with 10% of boxes opened, not one has a Yes majority, while in Tipperary North, political sources are predicting that the result will be very close, and in Wicklow.
However, it is very early days, and these are only tallies rather than actual results.
If I can be a discordant voice, this level of working-class anxiety seems to signal more than the effect of the most shrill No campaigners.
The final official result is expected to be announced late this afternoon, but tallies from the 43 constituencies should give a good indication of the likely outcome late this morning. Each constituency counts its own votes separately, and then sends the result to the Referendum Returning Officer in Dublin Castle, who will announce the overall result.
Each constituency counts its own votes separately, and then sends the result to the Referendum Returning Officer in Dublin Castle, who will announce the overall result.
