Islanders cast first votes on Lisbon
Monday, 9 June 2008 20:41
RTÉ.ie/Lisbon has complete coverage of the Lisbon Treaty
The first votes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum have been cast today on five islands off the coast of Donegal.
At the close of voting on Tory Island 66 people had voted out of 134; on Inisfree five had voted out of seven; on Gola seven had voted out of 24 and on Inishboffin 14 had voted out of 64.
At the close of polls on Arranmore Island, about 35% of the electorate had voted.
Overall the turnout on the Donegal islands was approximately 37%, with the biggest turnout on Tory Island where just under half of those registered to vote did so.
In total 745 people are entitled to vote on the islands, which are part of the Donegal South West constituency.
Traditionally these islands have voted ahead of the rest of Donegal because of the possibility that bad weather might cut the islands off and ballot boxes would not reach the count centre in time to be counted with the rest of the constituency's votes.
After islanders have cast their votes the ballot boxes will be securely stored on the mainland until Friday, when they will be counted with the rest of the Donegal votes.
The Defence Forces voted in the referendum by post last week. People overseas have until today to return their postal votes.
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- Six One News: David Murphy, Business Correspondent, reports on how the Yes and No camps are divided about how the Lisbon Treaty would affect Ireland's tax regime
- Six One News: Brendan Butler of IBEC and businessman Ulick McEvaddy give two perspectives on the Lisbon Treaty
- Six One News: Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reports from Tory Island which was one of four offshore locations to vote today on the Lisbon Treaty
- One News: David McCullagh, Political Correspondent, reports that campaigning is intensifying in the countdown to the Lisbon Referendum
- One News: David Murphy, Business Correspondent, reports that the Govt is denying there will be no change to the tax regime if the referendum passes
- Morning Ireland: Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reports that five Donegal islands go to the polls today to vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum
- Morning Ireland: Brian Dowling, Political Reporter, talks about the impact of Bertie Ahern's tribunal evidence on the Lisbon vote
- Morning Ireland: Tony Connelly, Europe Correspondent, reports that the consequences of an Irish No vote in the referendum are being considered
- Morning Ireland: Sean Whelan, Europe Editor, reports that the challenges faced by the EU will still be there if the Lisbon Treaty is voted down
- Morning Ireland: Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, SF Lisbon Campaign Director, says there has to be a Plan B if this is truly a democratic referendum
- Radio Special: Today with Pat Kenny - Lisbon debate
- News At One: Brendan Ogle of Unite, Senator Joe O'Toole, ex-president of ICTU, and SIPTU's Jack O'Connor debate the potential impact of the Lisbon Treaty on workers and their rights
- News At One: Reminder: Interactive debate on the Lisbon Treaty - 4pm RTÉ.ie/live
