Exit polls suggest landslide for repeal in Irish abortion referendum

The vote to repeal a constitutional ban on terminations except in cases where the mother's life is in danger was predicted to win.

People pass a mural of Savita Halappanavar in Dublin, as Ireland goes to the polls to vote in the referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution. Source: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Ireland voted overwhelmingly to liberalise some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe on Friday, according to an exit poll in a historic referendum in the traditionally Catholic country.

The vote to repeal a constitutional ban on terminations except in cases where the mother's life is in danger was predicted to win by 68 percent to 32 percent, according to a poll of 4,000 voters conducted by Ipsos/ MRBI for the Irish Times.

More in English via SBS News.