CO MAYO BUCKED THE TREND, WHEN IT CAME TO VOTING IN FRIDAY’S REFERENDA.
JUST OVER 50% OF MAYO VOTERS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF THE REFERENDUM TO GIVE MORE POWERS OF INQUIRY TO THE OIREACHTAS – EVEN THOUGH THE PROPOSAL WAS DEFEATED NATIONALLY BY 53.3% TO 46.7%.
IN MAYO, 50.4% VOTED YES TO AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION, WHILE 49.6% VOTED NO – MAYO VOTED BY A MARGIN OF 433 IN FAVOUR OF THE REFERENDUM,
WHILE THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN GALWAY EAST AND WEST, SLIGO-NORTH LEITRIM AND ROSCOMMON-SOUTH LEITRIM VOTED AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
MEANWHILE, THE REFERENDUM ON CUTTING JUDGES PAY WAS PASSED BY A MAJORITY OF FOUR TO ONE.
