Family and care referendums: Polls close with low turnout

Around a quarter of voters cast a ballot in Dublin city but elsewhere in the capital turnout was as low as 16 per cent as of Friday afternoon

President Michael D. Higgins, walking with the help of an aide and a stick, has made his first public appearance, voting in Dublin, since a stay in hospital.
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Sorcha Pollak

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