REFERENDUM TURNOUT IN RURAL GALWAY COULD BE AS LOW AS 40 PER CENT

Date Published: 12-Jun-2008

A low turnout is being reported at the polling booths so far in West and East Galway in the Lisbon Treaty Referendum. Party pundits say the eventual turnout in rural parts of Galway may be as low as 40 per cent. The slow voting is expected to pick up this evening. It's the largest ever number of people in County Galway registered to vote. 175,000 people are entitled to vote in the Galway East and Galway West constituencies. Votes were cast in the Aran Islands and Inishbofin until ten last night, and turnout was an estimated 50 per cent.