"if I stare hard enough maybe the results will change"

Shock in government at levels of rejection in the referenda as Sinn Féin deflect blame and so-called NGOs are thrown under the bus.

Alison O'Connor told RTÉ that she was speaking to someone very senior in Fine Gael who remarked that, looking at the boxes in inner city Dublin where there was an overwhelming No, "that they felt there's possibly a link to immigration there, and people feeling that they're not being heard, and in certain communities the more far-right element are having a lot of traction."

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"This is an embarrassment, no doubt about that, for government representatives today. They are facing into an electoral cycle now with a headwind against them... and I think the question for many opposition representatives... is how they found themselves so far off on the wrong side of the electorate, and that's something that is creating not just disappointment within the political establishment but some nervousness too."

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"Will it be government policy to make sure that mothers don't have to go to work? This is what we have now got in our constitution, emphatically retained tonight."

RTÉ now admitting what the referendum on "archaic and sexist language in the constitution" that they held on International Women's Day was really about.

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‘You feel it is inflating property values’: south Dublin homes targeted by rich Chinese buyers

Surge in applications from Chinese multimillionaires to live in Ireland coincides with increase in live-streamed viewings of Dublin properties

Houses priced at between €600,000-€800,000 are the “sweet spot” for Chinese families wanting to move here, said Guangqian Yu, owner of the Vanke Ireland agency on Fitzwilliam Square, which specialises in advising Chinese clients on buying Irish properties.

Most of his clients are successful applicants for the golden visa programme, under which people have to be worth €2 million and make a substantial investment in Ireland. Many of the Dublin properties featuring on the Vanke Facebook page have asking prices of €1 million or more.

Mr O’Rafferty said that the state of the economy in China was one factor driving the phenomenon but that the harsh nature of the Beijing government’s response to the Covid pandemic was also significant. “Personally I think that the way Covid was handled in China scared the living daylights out of people and left a lasting impression.”

Will this cause Dublin 4 to finally turn against immigration?

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2024/03/09/you-feel-it-is-inflating-property-values-south-dublin-homes-targeted-by-rich-chinese-buyers/

Thank you for listening. Here's a link to the stream. I talk about why it happened, the mistakes that were made during the referendum and the consequences that will come from this. Well done everyone and have a good one.

Ireland Thinks Referenda Exit Poll:

In the referendum to remove protection for mothers in the constitution (dubbed "The Care Amendment"), those who voted NO included:

🔹 94% of Independent supporters.
🔹 88% of Sinn Féin supporters.
🔹 83% of People Before Profit supporters.
🔹 71% of Fianna Fáil supporters.
🔹 70% of Social Democrats voters.
🔹 50% of Labour voters.
🔹 49% of Fine Gael supporters.
🔹 47% of Green supporters.

In the referendum to change the legal definition of family to whatever the NGO sector can persuade the courts is a "durable relationship" (dubbed "The Family Amendment"), those who voted NO included:

🔹 90% of Independent supporters.
🔹 78% of Sinn Féin supporters.
🔹 76% of Fianna Fáil supporters.
🔹 47% of Fine Gael supporters.
🔹 40% of Green supporters.
🔹 42% of Social Democrats supporters
🔹 33% of Labour supporters.
🔹 17% of People Before Profit supporters.

A majority of women, men, middle-class and working-class voters across all age groups voted NO in both referenda.

Only the Greens and Fine Gael supporters backed a YES/YES result.

Labour supporters were split equally on removing protection for mothers and backed YES on changing the definition of family.

A majority of Social Democrats and People Before Profit supporters voted NO on removing protection for mothers and YES on changing the definition of family.

Independents, Sinn Féin & Fianna Fáil supporters backed NO/NO by wide margins which won the day.

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UCD professor Aidan Regan: We need to tax people more to pay for all the migrants and stave off fascism.

Regan says the "staggering" levels of inward migration is an important part of a liberal society and a prosperous economy.

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Biggest losers of the referenda.

Only 12% of their supporters agreed with them on the first amendment, 22% on the second.

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Dee Wall hectoring Mary Lou on the Six One News. 😁

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Whether we like it or not...The Irish are angry... they have had enough.. THEY ARE RISING.. 🇮🇪

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Comrades, the embers of the revolution have re-ignited in Dún Laoghaire.

We will be meeting at the lovingly restored Queen Victoria Fountain outside the Royal Irish Yacht Club tomorrow for elevenses to plan our next steps, followed by prosecco in Wetherspoons to celebrate our victory.

Willie O'Dea TD has publicly advised his party to abandon the so-called hate speech bill and to "stop listening to the out of touch Greens and NGOs" in the aftermath of the government's dual referenda defeat ahead of local and EU elections in June.

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Claire Byrne rattled as Senator Rónán Mullen calls out RTÉ bias.

"You said there seems to be a general acceptance that that language was dated. Who said? For years we've only listened to certain politicians and NGOs being interviewed about those wordings."

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Commitments to the unrepresentative NGO class.

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Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has told Newstalk that the referenda was a "complete cock-up" by government.

He said government has been ignoring the people and agreed it's time to abandon the hate-speech laws to focus on fixing basic problems like health care and school bus-runs instead.

"They've done huge damage in terms of public trust. They've exposed themselves as well as to how far they will go in their arrogance to get what they want."

He believes Fianna Fáil damaged itself going into coalition with Fine Gael and propping them up in the last government.

"It's hard to tell the difference between any of the parties in government, and that's not good for democracy."

Matt Carthy TD is on groveling duties for Sinn Féin. He told Newstalk that re-running the referenda is not on Sinn Féin's priority list at all and it won't be happening if they form the next government.

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