It became clear shortly after boxes started being opened around the country on Saturday that the two proposed constitutional changes would be defeated
More than 67 per cent of voters opposed the family amendment to the Constitution, while almost 74 per cent rejected the proposed changes to care – the highest ever No vote in an Irish referendum. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty
More than 67 per cent of voters opposed the family amendment, while almost 74 per cent rejected the proposed changes to care – the highest ever No vote in an Irish referendum.Family and care referendums comprehensively defeated In Laois-Offaly, 75.71 per cent voted against the family referendum and 80 per cent voted down the care referendum.
In the care referendum, a total of 1,114,620 people voted No, while 393,053 backed the proposal. There were 17,548 invalid votes. Speaking before the results were formally announced at Dublin Castle, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said it was clear that both amendments had been “defeated comprehensively on a respectable turnout”.
“The people do not trust the Government, and even the main Opposition parties seem to be detached from the people and aren’t listening to them,” he said.
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