Working class areas embracing change faster, campaigners claim

In Jobstown, where the Tánaiste faced the wrath of anti-water charges protestors , the Yes margin was reportedly 87%

A dog waiting outside a polling station on Friday while his owner casts his vote. Photograph: Dave Meehan

A dog waiting outside a polling station on Friday while his owner casts his vote. Photograph: Dave Meehan

The strong Yes vote returned by many working class areas, particularly in Dublin and Limerick, showed such communities were embracing social change faster than those in middle class areas, according to Yes campaigners.

In socially disadvantaged areas of Dublin Darndale, tallies indicated an 80 per cent Yes. In Coolock it was 88 per cent.

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