As polls in Ireland closed at 9 pm Thursday, only 30 to 40 per cent of Ireland's 2,867,960 registered voters had cast ballots in the referendum on the Nice Treaty, the state broadcaster RTE reported last night.
In Dublin the turnout was perhaps around 40 per cent, while only 20 per cent seems to have voted in rural districts. In one Limerick constituency election, officials waited almost three hours to see the first electorate show up to cast his vote. Other areas around the country als...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.