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PHOTOS: People living on Donegal islands go to the polls

Some of the 750 voters on the islands off the Donegal coast cast their ballots in the referendum today, three days before the rest of the country.

By Christine Bohan Monday 28 May 2012, 4:00 PM
May 28th 2012, 4:00 PM 3,191 Views 9 Comments
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FOR MOST OF the country’s 3.2 million registered voters, polling day for the Fiscal Compact referendum will be this Thursday – but things are different off the coast of Donegal.

The 750 people living on the five islands off the Donegal coast – Inishfree, Arranmore, Gola, Inishboffin and Tory Island – had the chance to cast their ballots today, three days before the rest of the country.

Here’s what happened earlier today:

PHOTOS: People living on Donegal islands go to the polls
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  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: AP Photo/Peter Morrison

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: AP Photo/Peter Morrison

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: AP Photo/Peter Morrison

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Source: Artur Widak/PA Wire

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