Details of Friday voting times

Tomorrow the nation goes to the poles to decide on a new president and to consider the proposition of a 37th Amendment to the constitution. Everyone on the voting register is eligible to vote on whether or not the reference to blasphemy in Article 40.6.1Ëši should be stricken from the Constitution.

In 2013, the Constitutional Convention recommended that the offence of blasphemy should be replaced with a general provision regarding incitement to religious hatred.

Across the Cavan Monaghan constituency voting will take place in 256 polling booths, with an additional 28 Cavan boxes in the Sligo Leitrim Cavan Donegal constituency. On Friday polling will commence at these station at 7:00am with voters accommodated to cast their ballot up until 10:00pm.

Office Manager at Cavan Court Office, Fiona O'Reilly, said that preparations are all in place for the vote, but reminded those wishing to exercise their franchise to comply with the requests of the polling booth staff: “Voters are reminded to bring some ID, for example passport or drivers licence. One in four people will be requested to show their ID.”

On Saturday morning the votes will be counted. The count will start at 9:00am with the votes in the Presidential elections counted first, followed by the totting up of the referendum votes.