Boxes being opened this morning at the Cavan count centre.

Seamus Enright

at the count centre

The first full tally from the Cavan/Monaghan count centre has been completed. It puts the yes side at 57.7% and the nos at 42.3%.

All 274 boxes have been opened and counting is now underway. Two of the boxes will not be counted as they had less than 50 votes in each - one of these boxes was from Tullyveela NS.

Of the electoral areas tallied throughout the constituency, the closest vote was in Monaghan town with the 'yes' side just carrying it but the breakdown there was very close to 50:50.

By contrast the highest 'yes' vote appears to be from the Belturbet electoral area where 63% of those who voted, were in favour of the treaty.

The breakdown of the tallies from each electoral area in Cavan/Monaghan is as follows:

COUNTY CAVAN

Belturbet Yes 3,030 (63%); No 1,803 (37%)

Cavan Yes 4,076 (62%), No 2,508 (38%)

Bailieboro Yes 4,379 (60%), No 2,860 (40%)

Ballyjamesduff Yes 3,948 (59%), No 2,741 (41%)

TOTAL CAVAN: Yes 15,433 (61%) , No 9,912 (39%)

COUNTY MONAGHAN

Castleblayney Yes 2,470 (58%), No 1,760 (42%)

Clones Yes 2,463 (56%), No 1,908 (44%)

Carrickmacross Yes 3,240 (53%), No 2,845 (47%)

Monaghan Yes (50%), No 3,457 (50%)

TOTAL MONAGHAN: Yes 11,670 (54%), No 9,970 (46%)

TOTAL CONSTITUENCY: Yes 27,112 (57.7%), No 19,882 (42.3%)