Saturday, 29 October 2011

Judges pay referendum passed, Oireachtas inquiry amendment in danger

It is now all but certain that voters have rejected the referendum to give more powers of inquiry to the Oireachtas.

In the past hour it has been announced people voted for judges pay to be cut by a margin of four to one.

The final result on the judges pay referendum was 1,393,877 for it and 354,134 against the 29th Amendment to the Constitution.

However, as counting continues of ballots on the 30th Amendment the result looks set to be very different.

The Government's bid to give more powers of investigation to the Oireachtas looks set to be rejected.

With more than half of all 43 constituencies in, it looks increasinly likely it will be rejected by 54% to 46
%

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