Final results! decisive YES vote!!

ei.sdraob

so all the results are in!

according to RTE

YES: 67.13% 1,214,268 votes :eek:

NO: 32.87% 594,606 votes


Total Valid: 1,748,620
Invalid: 7,224 votes

58% polled & a 20.5% swing


personally im shocked with the result! i was more negative and cynical, and delighted at the high turnout

Dinner

I'm shocked by the massive swing to yes. I was pessimistic but I thought the yes vote might get it by 2-3% but nothing like 17%!

Couldn't be happier.

SV

I hope boards.ie is happy.
I'm certainly not.

ei.sdraob

SV wrote: »

I hope boards.ie is happy.

i am happy

Fuhrer

Onwards and upwards

prinz

I think I'll have a nice cool can of cheap Czech beer and celebrate

Edit: forgot to mention, I'll be sure to make the first toast to Klaus.

d0gb0y

We need a rerun to be sure best out of 3 or 5 perhaps

The sad thing is this is good for fianna fail:mad:

SV

ei.sdraob wrote: »

i am happy

I'm sure you are.
You were abusive (and scare mongering) enough throughout the whole campaign to have finally got what you want.

sink

I am eating my words right now and doing so happily.

sink wrote: »

I want a yes vote but I'm apathetic about the whole thing now. The greatest motivators of the general public are hate, greed and fear in that order. They'll vote against the treaty because they hate the government and all politicians. They'll vote against the treaty because they believe sharing power is loosing power. They'll vote against the treaty because they fear what's not in it.

"In a democracy the people get the government they deserve"

andrew

Yay

prinz

d0gb0y wrote: »

The sad thing is this is good for fianna fail:mad:

It's actually not though. :rolleyes:. Their time will come.

meglome

d0gb0y wrote: »

We need a rerun to be sure best out of 3 or 5 perhaps

The sad thing is this is good for fianna fail:mad:

No it not good for Fianna Fail, they are screwed no matter what. It is however good for the country and will still be good for the country when FF are gone.

SV wrote: »

I'm sure you are.
You were abusive (and scare mongering) enough throughout the whole campaign to have finally got what you want.

You're funny.

ei.sdraob

SV wrote: »

I'm sure you are.
You were abusive (and scare mongering) enough throughout the whole campaign to have finally got what you want.

me? where??

phantom_lord

SV wrote: »

I hope boards.ie is happy.
I'm certainly not.

yeah but the majority of people are happy.

d0gb0y

prinz wrote: »

It's actually not though. :rolleyes:. Their time will come.

After they lump us with NAMA

Dinner

d0gb0y wrote: »

After they lump us with NAMA

We'll see if they get a chance. If the greens don't get a 2 thirds majority in favour of NAMA I believe that they said they'd pull out of government.

marco_polo

d0gb0y wrote: »

We need a rerun to be sure best out of 3 or 5 perhaps

The sad thing is this is good for fianna fail:mad:

Aggregate scores should suffice as a tie breaker.

Yes: 1,966,719
No: 1,482,077

prinz

d0gb0y wrote: »

After they lump us with NAMA

If you have anything to say about Lisbon please do.

ei.sdraob

d0gb0y wrote: »

After they lump us with NAMA

after the ECB pays for NAMA...

My name is URL

Regardless of the outcome, I'm saddened to see such an anti-Irish sentiment being portrayed by many

sure we're just a backwards nation full of fools that can't possibly exist without Europe.. aren't we? =(

Well no, we're not.. only those that believe they can't exist without Europe are the backward fools, imo

SV

phantom_lord wrote: »

yeah but the majority of people are happy.

Yes, but the reason the majority of people are happy is because they think this is going to pull Ireland out of recession and make everything all nice again.
They'll soon realise it won't do an ounce of good.

*Yes to jobs* HA

d0gb0y

prinz wrote: »

If you have anything to say about Lisbon please do.

Its a nice city i've heard, never been though

prinz

My name is URL wrote: »

Regardless of the outcome, I'm saddened to see such an anti-Irish sentiment being portrayed by many sure we're just a backwards nation full of fools

The only group I can think of who'd subscribe to that kind of thinking is the UKIP

Agent J

Can we please pass a law preventing the words "Libson" and "treaty" from being in the same senetence EVER again?

ei.sdraob

prinz wrote: »

The only group I can think of who'd subscribe to that kind of thinking is the UKIP

you should have heard him on RTE

made me want to puke

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62377029&postcount=4

WhiskeyTangoFox

Thank god that is all over. Now I hope ei.sdraob and Rb disappear off the Politics section.

Has to be some good aspect of a Yes win

I SV

unklerosco

Higher turnout is part of the answer for the swing - the Government and the main Opposition parties, who all campaigned for a Yes, will now argue about who did most to win the referendum.

The sad thing is that they most likely will instead of getting down to work and trying to sort out this big bloody c*ck up of a mess we're in.. I'm glad it got a yes cause hopefully now we can leave it n get on with sorting this country out...

USE

Dinner wrote: »

I was pessimistic but I thought the yes vote might get it by 2-3% but nothing like 17%!

They got it by 35%

THANK YOU IRELAND VERY MUCH.

This is a very important decision for the future of EU and for the future of Ireland. After some time we will all realize that today we have achieved something good for our own interest. I am a person living in another corner of EU, in even smaller country than Ireland is. But I was very into all this Lisbon matter in Ireland, because this will inevitably affect my, as EU citizen, future. And I honestly believe after the Treaty of Lisbon it will be only better (and the Treaty of Lisbon will provide us some positive results in a long perspective).

So I appreciate your decision Let's celebrate this!

Agent J

I would argue that it was the No side that won it for the Yes side.

COIR are insane.

samson09

"Heute Europa, Morgen die Welt"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHw5n2iSRyQ

ei.sdraob

Agent J wrote: »

I would argue that it was the No side that won it for the Yes side.

COIR are insane.

http://www.rte.ie/news/features/lisbontreaty/tracker.html

(5.05pm) Anti-Lisbon campaigner Richard Green of Cóir said the Government had only won a battle in the war and he said the war goes on.

Turtwig

USE wrote: »

They got it by 35%

THANK YOU IRELAND VERY MUCH.

This is a very important decision for the future of EU and for the future of Ireland. After some time we will all realize that today we have achieved something good for our own interest. I am a person living in another corner of EU, in even smaller country than Ireland is. But I was very into all this Lisbon matter in Ireland, because this will inevitably affect my, as EU citizen, future. And I honestly believe after the Treaty of Lisbon it will be only better (and the Treaty of Lisbon will provide us positive results in a long perspective).

So I appreciate your decision Let's celebrate this!

U.S.E = United States of Europe:eek::eek::rolleyes:
Europe is gonna be wayyyyyyyy better than the US (we already are:))

Seriously, though if there is gonna be a round three - bring it on! Lies once exposed, cannot be used again

prinz

(5.05pm) Anti-Lisbon campaigner Richard Green of Cóir said the Government had only won a battle in the war and he said the war goes on.

For people who freaked out about the supposed language of militarisation contained in Lisbon... :pac:

Agent J

ei.sdraob wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/features/lisbontreaty/tracker.html

Em.Unrelated i assure you. I wasnt watching

However further credence to my statement

5uspect

I think a lot of the crazies in the NO campaign did more for for a YES vote than the YES campaign.

USE

Malty_T wrote: »

U.S.E = United States of Europe:eek::eek::rolleyes:
Europe is gonna be wayyyyyyyy better than the US (we already are:))

I do not encourage an opinion that EU should be USA alike. With that I encourage an opinion that EU should be federal.

But you can call it European Federation (somebody will tell that is too much Russian (Russian Federation) alike ) or whatever you wish to.

I have my arguments for that and this topic is worth debating a lot. So I see no point of doing that here.

Anyway, I am fully satisfied with the EU moving forward instead of stagnating, because EU welfare is our welfare, WE ARE EU. And I believe this is what LT will provide us.

Cremated

USE wrote: »

They got it by 35%

THANK YOU IRELAND VERY MUCH.

This is a very important decision for the future of EU and for the future of Ireland. After some time we will all realize that today we have achieved something good for our own interest. I am a person living in another corner of EU, in even smaller country than Ireland is. But I was very into all this Lisbon matter in Ireland, because this will inevitably affect my, as EU citizen, future. And I honestly believe after the Treaty of Lisbon it will be only better (and the Treaty of Lisbon will provide us some positive results in a long perspective).

So I appreciate your decision Let's celebrate this!

I'd Rather not, if it's all the same with you...

spongeman

Expect 3 million Turks on these shores very soon.

Bob_Harris

5uspect wrote: »

I think a lot of the crazies in the NO campaign did more for for a YES vote than the YES campaign.

I think the Yes side playing on peoples economic fears did more for the Yes vote to be honest.

ei.sdraob

spongeman wrote: »

Expect 3 million Turks on these shores very soon.

Nigel is that you?

Bob_Harris wrote: »

I think the Yes side playing on peoples economic fears did more for the Yes vote to be honest.

says the man who is calling the electorate "spineless" in his signature

prinz

spongeman wrote: »

Expect 3 million Turks on these shores very soon.

Like Gallipoli reversed huh? Will we be fighting them off the beaches? :rolleyes: Turkey isn't in the EU and won't be for a long time

SkepticOne

Well done the pro-treaty side. The people have spoken. Whilst I voted No I can understand the reasons people voted Yes in the current economic circumstances.

PaulieD

prinz wrote: »

Like Gallipoli reversed huh? Will we be fighting them off the beaches? :rolleyes: Turkey isn't in the EU and won't be for a long time

No, but the Balkan states will be. Expect more mass immigration. Yes, for jobs, indeed.

phantom_lord

SV wrote: »

Yes, but the reason the majority of people are happy is because they think this is going to pull Ireland out of recession and make everything all nice again.
They'll soon realise it won't do an ounce of good.

*Yes to jobs* HA

lol. don't be silly. i'm sure a lot less people think that than think the min wage is gonna be reduced to 1.84 soon.

Kev_ps3

My name is URL wrote: »

Regardless of the outcome, I'm saddened to see such an anti-Irish sentiment being portrayed by many

sure we're just a backwards nation full of fools that can't possibly exist without Europe.. aren't we? =(

Well no, we're not.. only those that believe they can't exist without Europe are the backward fools, imo

Im sure 100 years ago there would have been the same attitude from the same type of people towards Ireland gaining Independence from Britain.

Overheal

Malty_T wrote: »

U.S.E = United States of Europe:eek::eek::rolleyes:
Europe is gonna be wayyyyyyyy better than the US (we already are:))

Those are fightin' words, pilgrim.

spongeman

prinz wrote: »

Like Gallipoli reversed huh? Will we be fighting them off the beaches? :rolleyes: Turkey isn't in the EU and won't be for a long time

You just wait my friend. And they probably will not be asked to show work permits either.

PaulieD

Oh, and congratulation to the Yes side. I believe you have made a disastrous decision, but I hope I am proved wrong. Enjoy the victory.

Bob_Harris

ei.sdraob wrote: »

says the man who is calling the electorate "spineless" in his signature

Where is the correlation between what you quoted me on and what I'm quoting you on?

P.S. I'd also call them gullible, dumb, and sheep.

phantom_lord

PaulieD wrote: »

No, but the Balkan states will be. Expect more mass immigration. Yes, for jobs, indeed.

mass immigration to a country w/ an unemployment rate of 12%? doubt it.

prinz

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Im sure 100 years ago there would have been the same attitude from the same type of people towards Ireland gaining Independence from Britain.

You just can't escape the delicious irony of being on the same side as the people who want the UK to annexe the Republic :pac: