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Updated 11.15pm
POLLS WILL OPEN across most of the country tomorrow, but voting has already finished if you live off the west and northwest coasts.
Eligible voters on 12 Donegal, Mayo and Galway islands – 2,133 in total – were able to cast their ballots from 7am this morning.
The electorate included 516 people on Arranmore, 25 on Gola, 63 on Inishbofin (Donegal), four on Inishfree, 144 on Tory Island, 121 on Clare Island, 29 on Inishbiggle, 50 on Inishturk, 654 on Inishmore, 151 on Inishmaan, 200 on Inisheer and 176 on Inishbofin (Galway).
Island residents traditionally vote ahead of the rest of the country to prevent bad weather delaying ballot boxes being transferred to count centres.
Air Corps helicopters picked up the full boxes this evening and ferried them to the mainland after voting concluded at 10pm.
Some 450 people on islands off Cork – including Bere, Clear and Sherkin – will vote tomorrow when the polls open nationwide.
Counting for the elections begins on Saturday, with the process expected to continue into Monday.
- First published 06.00am
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I’m not suggesting single use plastic items should not be banned but in the West it’s really little more than self-satisfied virtue signalling at this stage given that most of the plastic waste in the oceans comes from Asia and Africa. Every little helps though! Now if only we could convince the rest of the world of that. Mind you Justin Trudeau is usually self-satisfied and virtue signalling anyways. This article gives a relatively clear outline of the source of the plastic waste in the oceans.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluting-our-oceans-comes-from-just-10-rivers/
@William Tallon: why not instant ban on plastic sure haven’t we got biodegradable plastic now are these boyos still doing oil companies favours at a cost to the planet.one wonders…
@William Tallon: A lot of countries pay Asia and other countries to take there plastic waste.
@Robert Phelan: I think it’s more to do with profits, laziness and being slow to change more than ‘Big Oil’ to be honest. Public pressure works eventually. It also does no harm for big companies to flaunt their green credentials as it’s good for business in the present climate, pun intended. If anyone from Big Oil is reading this then please get in touch. I’ll only be too happy to post lots of positive comments about you on the Journal site for a large fee. Just joking of course! But if anybody from Big Oil is actually reading this…
@William Tallon: The west never recycled any plastic- they sent it all to poor countries and there was zero accountability for what happened once it left our shores.
Disgusting fat overconsuming self satisfied Germans are now burning their “recycling” in open fires in Poland because they can’t chuck it into the ocean via China anymore.
How dare they do it before us Irish, don’t they know we do everything first, ban smoking in Public Places, bring in Marriage equality, proclaim ourselves Alcoholics. Our plan to be First to save the Planet is just ruined now.
@John Declan:
Socked us to it!
And who will pay for it, joe soap as usual
@Ian James Burgess: your kids and your grandkids Joe soap won’t earn much if we destroy the planet.
Fantastic
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