RT Referendum 2018 Results Coverage

RT Referendum 2018 Results Coverage

RT will provide extensive coverage of the results of the Referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment across television, radio, mobile and online on Saturday, 26 May 2018.

RT , in association with a number of Irish Universities, has commissioned independent research company Behaviour & Attitudes to undertake a comprehensive exit poll, interviewing 3,000 people across Ireland immediately after they have voted on Friday 25 May. The overall YES / NO exit poll result will be announced on Friday night's The Late Late Show by RT 's David McCullagh and published simultaneously on RT .ie. Further results and breakdown of demographics and sentiments of voting behavior will be released simultaneously onRTE.ie and RT Radio 1's Morning Ireland from 8.00 am on Saturday.

Online and mobile coverage will run on rte.ie/news, the RT News Now app and RT Player from the opening of boxes right through to the completion of every count and the final declaration. Throughout the day, wherever you are, you can follow the results via the RT News Now app. RT .ie will run a live tracker/blog covering every detail as the count unfolds with the latest results, analysis, tweets and opinions on Referendum 2018.

On Referendum Count Day, RT Radio 1's coverage will begin withMorning Ireland at 8.00am presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville, and continue through the day with discussion, debate and analysis on an extended Marian Finucane and Saturday with Cormac hEadhra programmes. RT Radio 1 reporters will update programmes with the latest tallies and constituency results throughout the day, while Philip Boucher-Hayes will analyse the national picture from Dublin Castle, where the final result will be declared. A This Week referendum special presented by Aine Lawlor will round-off RT Radio 1's referendum coverage between 5.00-6.00pm.

From 9.00am through to 7.00pm, RT One will provide comprehensive referendum results coverage, analysis and discussion, with updates from count centers across the country. Referendum 2018 coverage will be anchored by Bryan Dobson in RT studios, and Miriam O'Callaghan live from Dublin Castle. David McCullagh will be presenting all the findings from the RT exit poll, Claire Byrne will be live from Cork City Hall, Keelin Shanley will be looking at the facts and figures as the results come in and Caitriona Perry will be live from Roscommon Galwayconstituency count centre. Coverage on RT One will also incorporate an extended One O'clock News programme, a special Nuacht RT le TG4 bulletins, News with Signing and Weather updates throughout the afternoon.

The RT Six One News will be extended to include the latest updates on the Referendum results from 6.01pm-7.00pm while the RT Nine O'Clock News will feature results along with the main national news stories of the day.

RT Raidi na Gaeltachta will brings listeners results from reporters in count centres across the country, with analysis by a panel of experts in studio, on the programme L an Chomhairimh from 10.00am, presented by M ir n N Ghadhra. Panelists will include Barrister Ben Floinn, journalists Cathal Mac Coille and ine N Chiar in, law lecturer Ursula N Chongh ile and Dr id n N Sh .

The @rtenews twitter account, currently the largest single news twitter account in the country with over 700,000 followers, will be live tweeting the results and updates while subscribers will also be kept up to date with key moments via the Push Notifications on the RT News Now app. Updates will also run on @rtepolitics @rteradio1 @rternag and @rte.

RT 's News Now channel will provide rolling coverage available worldwide (via the Live button in the App and RT Player) throughout the day with live breaking feeds of declarations in addition to referendum programming and news bulletins.

LINK:	https://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2018/0524/9657...
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