Ireland votes 'yes' to remove blasphemy from the Constitution - Independent.ie

The country has voted to remove 'blasphemy' from the Constitution. Some 951,650 people voted 'yes' in the referendum that featured alongside the Presidential Election on Friday, making up 65 per cent of the total valid votes (1,467,458). The move was welcomed by leading figures earlier in the day, after an exit poll conducted by RTÉ and Red C showed some 71.1pc of participants voted to remove the term from the Constitution.
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