European Tribune reports a high turnout in Ireland. For some background on the Lisbon Treaty, take a look at this.
Here’s the breaking news from European Tribune:
I will try to post more information on voting and results here as they become available – although I will be away for a few hours this evening. Perhaps other inveterate poll watchers can pick up the slack! Vote counting is entirely manual in Ireland (following a comical attempt to introduce computerised voting) and counting will not begin until tomorrow morning. The counting usually takes all day, but trends should be apparent by mid-morning tomorrow if previous referendums are any guide.
Update [2008-6-12 17:58:38 by Colman]: Well, the reporting is pretty awful, but it looks like turnout was 40-50%, expected to be in the mid 40s. That should be positive for the Yes side, on previous experience, but previous experience doesn’t go far with referendums …
