At various points this morning, Dermot Ahern former Foreign Affairs Minister, Micheal Martin current foreign affairs minister and Enda Kenny leader of Fine Gael have said that the vote is now almost certainly a ‘no’.

Martin on RTE Radio: “when you are explaining your losing” “its not looking good for the Yes side”

Dermot Ahern: “from my own count centre its 42-58 and it looks like that wont be changed around:

Kenny suggested that Mayo will go ‘no’ earlier this morning.