A Sad Day. :(
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Taken from RTE News:
Lisbon tallies indicate massive Yes swing
Saturday, 3 October 2009 11:47
The Lisbon Treaty looks set to be passed by a decisive majority, as tallies from around the country indicate a massive swing to the Yes side.
Live - Referendum Count Text Updates
Although there are no official results in yet, tallies everywhere are showing a big increase in support for the Treaty.
Count staff started opening ballot boxes at 9am, and the sorting of votes is continuing.
As the ballot papers are being sorted, a clear picture is starting to emerge from tallies - showing a decisive swing to the Yes side.
A final official result is expected at around 5pm.
So far, only Donegal North East looks like voting No - neighbouring Donegal South West is too close to call.
Tallies from Dublin South West indicate a clear Yes vote with 60% of boxes open. The constituency had the highest No vote in 2008.
In Donegal North East, tallies suggest a big swing to the Yes side. The No vote was 64.7% in the first referendum.
All boxes are opened in Kerry North and tallies are indicating a 60:40 margin in favour of the Yes side. Turnout was 50%.
Indications from other constituencies appear to be the same - the Yes vote is reported to be up everywhere.
EU eagerly awaits results
Leaders from the European Union's 27 nations are anxiously awaiting the result of the Irish referendum.
Irish voters rejected the EU reform treaty last year, and a second No vote could derail the accords which have been painstakingly crafted through years of negotiation.
Ireland is the only EU country constitutionally obliged to put the treaty to a referendum.
Poland and the Czech Republic are the only other countries that have yet to ratify the Lisbon Treaty.
There has been sustained interest in Europe in the result of the Irish referendum, with an awareness across capitals that the Lisbon Treaty will stand or fall on the Irish vote.
In Brussels at the home of the European institutions, and the focus of the eight years of painstaking negotiations that led to Lisbon, officials have been in a state of some anxiety.
If Lisbon comes into force the first step will be the appointment of the 27 member European Commission.
The national capitals will then propose the first full time president of the European Council, the body representing member states, as well as it new foreign affairs representative.
The new double-majority voting system will not come into effect until 2014.
If Lisbon is rejected, than Europe will continue under the Nice Treaty, but after eight years of negotiations it will appear that Europe is simply incapable of reforming itself, and the EU will be in crisis.
Some parts of Lisbon could technically be applied to upcoming accession treaties, or a core group of states may forge ahead in a two-tier Europe, but both these options are legally and politically fraught with problems.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1003/eulisbon1.html
Comments
A sad day for Ireland
A sad day for democracy
A good day for Ireland.
Well said, padraig, ian you clearly don't know much about the treaty
He is ignorant dylan and dosnt realise the consequences like most idiots who voted
I know it helps the Country 😑 without it we be on our own.
You no nothing, it gives brussels more power us less, how is that good, A DICTATORSHIP
A Dicatorship seriously you know thats false the Lisbon Treaty is not a Dicatorship and the No group called Choir are Anti-Everything simple fact.
By the way we will see in the future if its a Dicatorship or not..
So we voted no but this wasn't accepted as the result.Instead we had another election becuase we voted NO.this is not democratic.We are living in a dictatorship
lol start a resistance war in RL
shit....
i voted no 🙁
pp you actually don't know what you are talking about. This treaty is the most democratic, as it enhances the democratic aspects of the Union, increased powers for the Parliament, citizens initiatives on European law.
It's funny that you find yourself with UKIP. nice bedfellows.
How is it democratic, we said no and thats should mean no
you actually don't know what you are talking about.
Really I don't? ok thanks
lisbon treaty is an 8 year old treaty with the same failed policies that led to this recession in the first place ....and we are now on the road to tax harmonisation with the eu which will cause massiv job loss as the eu will increase our corporation tax, making it even less worthwhile for foreign firms to invest in Ireland.
but I know nothing.
So pp once you make your mind up that's it. no matter what you can never change your mind again.
it's looking like a 20% swing to the Yes side across the nation. turn out is up.
How many times have we voted on abortion, divorce etc???
PP what you are suggesting is profoundly undemocratic.
FEAR FEAR FEAR
thats what got this treaty passed
indeed a sad day for ireland
Tarazis... I'll have to contact you for a discussion bout this sometime!
Biggus Dickus..... that is absolutely what passed this treaty. Perhaps we should get some guarrantees that the treaty will be voted on the issues rather than fear🙂
@ biggus ...you are entirely correct, though unfortunately the majority of voters vote out of fear in cases like this.
Did you say the posters saying "Vote Yes for jobs".This is what annoyed me.The Yes camp tapped into peoples fears to exploit them to get a YES vote.
Have to say this is a big thorn in my RL side.
Though I understand the Yes'rs, I'm not with them.
Never thought I'd say that either, before last year.
I RL do a lot of work in Brussels. A LOT.
The waste, and the sheer hypocrisy and corruption is astonishing. Even by RL Ireland's standards, and that is that saying something.
Are we worse off? Are we better? who knows? But I know this for sure.
Its stinks to high heaven, and it ain't what its claiming to be. Not by a long chalk.
Democracy me a**.
Its a gravy train.
Bigtimes.
Unfortunately the majority of voters were scared, and the fact that the govt wasted €20 million on their campaign is disgraceful.
Fear? yep. Waste? yep? but mostly?
Brain-washing, and distractions.
As many words as you can eat.
Slack delivery.
No watchdogs with teeth.
Don't even get me started, I'll be here all night.
I started working with Brussels with great hope in my heart.
It leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. In any language you choose .
Ggggrrrrrrr.
A dinosaur, with an appetite for taxcash.
A holy disgrace. I swear to eGod.