Hmm.

In the early hours of Friday morning, despite a low turnout, that traditionally benefits No campaigners in Irish EU referendums, a government exit poll reported a “a ‘Yes’ by more than a 60/40 per cent margin.

Irish Referendum: Secret Polls Predict Yes vote Despite Low Turnout (Bruno Waterfield, Telegraph)

According to government sources, Ireland’s referendum on the EU’s new fiscal treaty is likely to pass by a margin of more than three to two, but with a turnout as low as 50%. Unlike the Lisbon Treaty ratification, this time the Irish vote matters little for the Union. “It’s safe to say it’s a ‘Yes’ by more than a 60/40 margin,” one of the sources said, citing polling data.

Irish Seen Approving fiscal Treaty By ‘Safe’ 60-40 Margin (Euractiv.com)

Above: Anglo HQ and the Irish Glass Bottle site.

MINISTER FOR the Environment Phil Hogan is to wind up the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in the wake of a report’s “damning findings” on its activities during the property boom.

The report, by the State’s spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, was published last night. It has disclosed serious shortcomings in the authority’s conduct of its planning and development, particularly its involvement in the purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site in 2007.

The site was bought for €431 million by a consortium that included the authority, but is now valued at a little over one-tenth of that, at €45 million.

Ah here. They developed the Docklands.

Oh, wait now.

Minister to wind up docklands authority (Irish Times)

(Photocall Ireland)

Holly writes:

Really sad news. There was an amazing couple of swans [one of them, above, was  featured in a post last month here] by the Leeson Street bridge [Dublin]. They built a cool nest and it was such a pleasure to watch them guarding it. People used to leave them food and just sit and watch them. Today their nest has been destroyed and their eggs robbed. Maybe people have more information or how this kind of thing can be stopped. Swan eggs and meat are delicacies in lots of places – but this is just horrible..

 

Or bad for “Yes’ and good for ‘No’?

Anoraks Anyone?

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