Around the counties

VOTERS in Cavan and Monaghan came out strongly in favour of Lisbon despite the campaigning of high-profile local TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin of Sinn Féin.

There was a swing of 16.8% towards the Yes vote and 62% of those who voted followed the government's lead in approving the treaty.

IN GALWAY East, the vote was very strongly for the amendment with 68% of voters favouring Lisbon in the polling.

Turnout was a little below the national average and the swing towards Yes was significant with a turnabout of 21.2%.

NEIGHBOURING Galway West was not quite as strongly in favour of the Lisbon treaty but 66.3% of those who came out voted Yes.

Only 54.2% of those eligible to vote took the
time to do so with a strong swing in favour of the amendment compared to last year.

SLIGO and North Leitrim were almost a perfect representation of the national picture with 64.5% of voters in favour of the treaty.

Turnout there was a solid 58.9% with a significant swing of 21.2% recorded.

KILDARE North recorded one of the highest Yes votes in the country (outside of Dublin) with a massive 76.2% coming out for Lisbon.

A total of 42,174 people, or 56.6% of those eligible, voted on Friday with a swing towards the treaty of 21.6%.

IN KILDARE South, the result was not quite so resounding but support for Lisbon was still very strong coming in at 69.7%.

A similar swing of 21.2% was in evidence with 55.3% taking part in the referendum.

THE country's smallest county had the smallest majority in favour of all the Leinster counties with 61% of voters in Co Louth choosing Yes. The swing in favour of Lisbon came in at under 20% on a reasonably high turnout of 58.8%.

IN MEATH East, there was a very strong vote in favour of the Lisbon treaty with just 27.7% of ballots counted choosing No. Turnout there was mediocre, coming in at 56.1%, while the swing in throughout the county calculated at 21.4%.

THEIR neighbours in Meath West were nowhere near as certain about the referendum and 64.9% of voters were in favour of the treaty. A total of 61% of voters came out on the day and the swing from the previous campaign was in and around 20%.

THE southeast was again emblematic of the national picture where 65% of people in Wexford voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty. Turnout came in around the national average at 58.8% and the swing in votes was measured at 21.2%.

CO Clare proved again to be strongly pro-European and the Yes vote in that constituency was 72.3% of votes cast.

The swing in Clare was similar to that throughout the land at 20.5%, while turnout was slightly below average at 56.9%.

The vote was broadly similar across Kerry with those in the north voting 63.6% Yes and those in
the south at 66.4% in favour.

Turnout between the two constituencies averaged around 57% and the swing was remarkably similar at 23.2% (North) and 23.8% (South).

SIMILARLY in Limerick, East and West was united in favouring the Lisbon treaty with 67.4% and 69.3% voting Yes respectively.

Turnout was similar to the national average coming in at around three in five voters with the swing in favour particularly noticeable in Limerick West (24.7%).

IN TIPPERARY North, turnout was incredibly high with 75.9% of eligible voters going to the polls and only 29.6% voting against.

The south of the county meanwhile had a far lower turnout of 59.6% but in terms of the Yes vote was heavily in favour with 68.4% of voters.

Waterford was another county that typified the general trends around the country with 68.5% voting Yes.

Turnout there was 61.3% and the swing in favour of the Lisbon treaty was in the order of 22.8%.