As it happened – the Clare count
Clare voters have gone in favour of Repealing the Eighth – here’s how it went went
15:30
Clare FM’s James Mulhall reports after the count drew to a close
15:00 It’s official. Clare has voted in favour of Repealing the Eighth.
RESULT
53,576 votes cast
34,328 YES
19,079 NO
169 invalid
13:34
53,129 people voted in Clare out of a total electorate of 83,225. That’s a turnout of almost 64%. Tallies indicate a 64/36 split in favour of a repeal, it will be at least an hour before we have an official result. #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
12:38 We’ll have the latest in our Main Lunchtime News with Derrick Lynch from 1
12:14 All boxes have been opened now, they’ve moved on to sorting. It may still be some time before we have a final result, some suggesting 3pm.
11:54 114 boxes opened, 32 to go. 64/36 majority in favour of Yes vote holding strong.
11:52
Cloughleigh, Ennis box 197 Yes v 145 No. In Mountshannon, it’s 219 Yes and 111 No and at Burran, Feakle it’s 100 Yes 76 No according to tally totals. #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
11:36
Roughly 22,800 votes in the unofficial tally so far with 14,600 in favour of a Repeal and 8,200 against. Keeping it at a 64/36 split in Clare. #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
11:19
More than 90 boxes tallied so far, the 64/36 split holding strong. It’s estimated that the tally, being carried out by the Clare Together for Yes and Clare Love Both teams, has around 70 percent accuracy so gives a picture of how the vote is going so far. It’ll be later this afternoon before we have the official Clare figures.
Busy counting here in Shannon #8thRef pic.twitter.com/qngZMBiRk9
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
11:14
UPDATE: Bansha has voted Yes and not No as had been previously thought. Means there’s two, not three, No boxes so far in the Clare count. #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
11:08 88 boxes tallied so far. Still just three with a No majority. Some more stats from around the county – Mullagh 88/74 to Yes, Miltown Malbay 160/90 for Yes.
10:58 64/36 split in favour of a Repeal holding steady across Clare
10:56 Whitegate has voted 105 to 47 in favour while Clooney NS was tight on 57 to 50, according to the latest tallies
10:54
Some counters stopping for a well earned cup of tea but plenty of boxes still to go #8thRef pic.twitter.com/GfpJbuMp23
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:48 Interesting statistics coming from North Clare
Fine Gael’s @martinconwayfg says areas in his part of the county have given a “resounding yes” to Repealing the Eighth. Ennistymon voted in favour by 70%, Lahinch 73%, Kilshanny 72%, Doolin by 85% and Liscannor by 66%. #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:42
Meelick 309 to 162 in favour. Not many town boxes have been opened yet.
10:37
Liscannor 144 to 74 in favour of a Yes vote, Kilshanny 116 to 45.
10:34
Over 70 boxes opened so far, with the 64-36 split in favour of a Repeal holding steady. Labasheeda – the third No vote in the county – had a margin of only three votes.
10:31
Labasheeda has voted No by a fraction of a percent – third box in the county. Again, unofficial tallies #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:26
Doolin 75% in favour of a repeal. Carron NS box saw 101 Yes v 38 No – Cranny 119 for Yes and 94 for No. 64/36 split overall so far #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:17 How the sides are feeling so far…
Seamus Ryan of the Clare Together For Yes Campaign: “We’re quietly confident that Clare will hit the national average and we’re very thankful to everyone who has come out and voted in favour of a repeal” #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
Michael Leahy of the Clare Pro-Life campaign: “I’m feeling very disappointed with the tallies so far, if you believe like I do that the life in a womb is a human with rights, this is a terrible, terrible day for Ireland” #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:16
12,500 votes tallied so far – 7,700 in favour versus 4,700 against . Again, still unofficial figures so far #Clare#8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:10
Inagh, Clonlara, Corofin and Doonbeg all voted in favour, tallies show #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
10:07
Go on the Banner County 👏 One of my favourite places in the world, Doonbeg, is in Clare ❤
— Vicky Phelan (@PhelanVicky) May 26, 2018
10:06 Kilrush said to be closer to a 50/50 split
09:56
Roughly 9,000 votes tallied in Clare so far with the majority showing a Yes vote. Rural boxes in particular are said to be showing up a high Yes. Again, these are unofficial figures for now #Clare#8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
09:51 First box from Kilmihil – home town of Independent TD dr Michael Harty – almost 2 to 1 in favour of repeal.
09:49 Nursing home residents in Clare said to have voted by a margin of around 2-3% in favour of a Repeal. The votes of all residents of such homes in the county are put in one box.
09:45 Ennistymon Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway says his hometown has voted 70/30 in favour of a repeal
09:38 Up to 21 boxes now, still 60/40 in favour of Repeal – Clare roughly mirroring national trend. These figures are NOT the official ones – this is a joint tally being carried out by Clare Together for Yes and Clare Love Both.
09:41
Michael McLoughlin and Seamus Ryan totting up the tallies so far here in #Clare#8thRefpic.twitter.com/3pedXokLdc
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
09:35
So far, Furglan (near Lahinch) is the only box tallied that has said no #8thRef
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
09:25
A boxing ring at the count centre in Shannon! For an unrelated event, we are told. pic.twitter.com/5YodxeaSEV
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
09:30 Overall, the split so far is said to be 60/40 in favour of a Repeal. Liscannor seems to have voted 2 to 1 in favour of Yes.
09:20 Tally says eight boxes counted so far, seven in favour of a Repeal and one against.
09:15 Clare Together For Yes and Clare Love Both are doing a joint tally. One of each side is counting at each box and will give unofficial totals throughout the day, before the official figures are finalised.
09:00 The first boxes are open and the count is underway…
#Clare count underway here in Shannon #8thRef pic.twitter.com/JUufvLTUnk
— Clare FM (@ClareFM) May 26, 2018
