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26th May 2018

There was a fantasically Irish reaction to the RTÉ exit poll 69% Yes vote

Rory Cashin

Nice.

On Friday night, two exit polls were revealed to show a potential landslide decision in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment.

The Irish Times poll showed a 67% Yes Vote, while the RTE poll – revealed during The Late Late Show – showed over a 69% Yes Vote.

Despite the intense emotional investment in the debate, Ireland is not a country that is willing to let a potential joke pass us by without making it.

And this was very much one of those situations, as the RTÉ result allowed pretty much every single person on Twitter to make the exact same joke…

https://twitter.com/Ailbhe1996/status/1000141131546595329

https://twitter.com/0x0454/status/1000142651927261184

https://twitter.com/AGlasgowGirl/status/1000142488538107904

https://twitter.com/edknock/status/1000139773179285504

https://twitter.com/doctor_foo_/status/1000139905626931201

If you’re not entirely sure why this is funny (or what the joke is), then you find out here

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