Compiled by FIONA GARTLANDand PAT FLYNN
Bookie pays out on Yes bets
If bookmakers are anything to go by, the referendum is a foregone conclusion.
Boylesports said it had already paid customers who bet on a Yes result, parting with a five-figure sum. Odds at Paddy Power for a majority Yes vote were 1/25 last night, while William Hill were offering 1/33.
Paddy Power took a €36,000 bet on a Yes win from a customer last week at 1/12. It was offering 8/1 on No last night, while William Hill quoted 10/1.
Yes campaign alleges vandalism
No campaigners were accused yesterday of vandalising the constituency office of Fine Gael TD Pat Breen in Ennis, Co Clare.
The front of his office was spray-painted, while several No posters were glued to the front of the premises.
A number of No posters were also stuck to the front of the offices of Fianna Fáil Minster of State Tony Killeen and his party colleague Timmy Dooley.
Local No campaigners condemned the attacks.
Mercedes make way for polling booths in D4
A car showroom in Ballsbridge in the heart of Dublin 4 is set for a change of gear tomorrow when it doubles up as a polling station. Members of one of Ireland’s most salubrious neighbourhoods will cast their ballots at the upmarket Ballsbridge Motors.
Coincidentally, the site already lays claim to a little piece of European transport history as the first place a Volkswagen car was built outside Germany.
Séamus Ryan, general manager of the dealership, said they would be pulling eight cars out of their Mercedes showroom today to make way for booths.
They were asked to provide space because renovation work ruled out the use of the Ballsbridge College of Further and Higher Education, which is usually a polling station.
Mr Ryan said they agreed to shut down out of a sense of “civic spirit”, but he admitted the footfall through the doors could help drum up new business at a tough time for the motor trade.
Well, there won’t be a Lisbon Three, that’s for sure.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen rules out a third referendum
Liar liar pants on fire!
Young Fine Gael slogan against Cóir on an “admobile” parked near the No group’s offices in Dublin
What we are saying is that the effective minimum wage, the wage at which workers have to work at, in competition with other workers who can be brought in from other countries, will be reduced.
Cóir campaign manager Scott Schittl comments on the ad, which features a Pinocchio-style figure whose rear is being burned by the flaming torch in Cóir’s logo.
The recovery starts on Saturday.
Green Party TD Eamon Ryan predicts green shoots for the economy with a Yes vote