Irish voters 'back EU fiscal pact' - early results

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Source: BBC

1 June 2012 Last updated at 12:06 GMT

Voters in the Republic of Ireland have approved the EU fiscal pact, early unofficial results indicate.

Both the "Yes" and "No" camps have now acknowledged that the treaty, aimed at enforcing budget rules in the eurozone, was approved in Thursday's referendum.

Tallies at count centres indicate a 60/40 split in favour of the agreement.

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Rejecting it would bar Ireland from emergency EU funding when its current bailout package expires in 2013. In late 2010 Ireland received an EU-IMF bailout worth 85bn euros (£68bn; $105bn) after debts overwhelmed its banks.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18290987

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1. National Result: YES 60.3% (955,091), NO 39.7% (629,088), Turnout was 50.60%.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0601/fiscal-treaty-referendum-count-to-begin.html