[Catkins]

The IrishTimes and IpsosMRBI exit poll predicts Ireland has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution by a landslide 68 per cent to 32 per cent.

Fantastic result.

[cycloon]

Wowee that'd be as one sided as any referendum could realistically be...

[Boiler]

The IrishTimes and IpsosMRBI exit poll predicts Ireland has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution by a landslide 68 per cent to 32 per cent.

Fantastic result.

.... and 'Remain' is expected to win.

[MisterMuncher]

Good game, Mexicans. Good fucking game.

I'm temporarily suspending hostilities agin the Dubs for this.

[spoonman]

If those exit polls turn out to be accurate that'll be somewhat a surprising result given that the debate regarding abortion in the Republic was seen as being a much more divisive issue than that for the SSM referendum, and that passed 62/38. An opinion poll two years ago put a potential removal of the 8th Amendment at 48% Yes, 41% No and 11% Don't Know. It's also quite a social sea change given that a referendum back in 2002 to tighten up restrictions on abortion was only just narrowly defeated, and that the constitutional ban on divorce was only removed in 1995 by an even narrower margin.

Northern Ireland's going to stick out like a sore thumb, with the rest of the UK and it's southern/western neighbours allowing & recognising SSM and having laws on abortion that have moved on from 1861.

[Big Arnold]

Northern Ireland's going to stick out like a sore thumb, with the rest of the UK and it's southern/western neighbours allowing & recognising SSM and having laws on abortion that have moved on from 1861.

If its citizens can cross the border for abortions instead of travelling to Britain, things may change there soon.

[youngian]

If its citizens can cross the border for abortions instead of travelling to Britain, things may change there soon.

Next year PM Rees-Mogg is to issue border guards with pregnancy kits by 2020.

[Big Arnold]

We’ll definitely need a hard border now, says Arlene Foster

[KevS]

Nail hit on head during Sky News paper review this morning - if you voted no, what, exactly, has changed for you personally today compared to yesterday? They're not being made compulsory. You still have the choice NOT to have one.

[spoonman]

https://www.rte.ie/news/eighth-amendment/results/

At the moment the result tallies with the exit poll predictions though most of the remaining constituencies to declare are the more rural & socially conservative areas out west so the final yes vote will probably go down from 68% to around 64/65% I think.

[spoonman]

Final Result...

Yes - 66.4% (1,429,981)
No - 33.6% (723,632)

Turnout - 64.1%

A decisive victory for the repeal side by 2:1.

Also I think this following tweet is well worth pointing out - the amount of "dark money" along with a notable number of American's coming into the country to do campaigning was evident...

[bluebellnutter]

God, imagine having a referendum and not using it as an opportunity to turn your entire nation into a massive dumpster fire of shit.

[Biggus Robbus]

Perhaps the EU could get onside with the Irish project and get the UK onside.

[spoonman]

General Election south of de'border this coming Saturday. This latest opinion poll is quite seismic...

...if that polling translated accurately into (first preference) votes at the weekend, it would be the first time neither Fianna Fail or Fine Gael had topped the poll since the September 1927 election.

[youngian]

As anyone can look like an international statesman when criticising Brexit I hadn’t seen Varadkar through the prism of domestic politics until he was ranting about SF on Marr. He’s quite a mediocre Tory in the Cameron mould. Leo warned of dastardly Republican plans of increasing spending by €3bn by raising taxes in Europe’s lowest taxed economy.

If Mary Lou makes Taoiseach lets hope she takes a sensible approach to the EU-UK deal and not use the opportunity to peg Boris over the desk until he squeals. Just kidding.