An 80%-to-20% split in favour of the Citizenship Referendum appears to be holding as more results come in.

After the counting of just over 4% of votes cast in the Citizenship Referendum, almost eight in 10 (78.19%) have voted for the change to the Constitution, accordingt o the latest information from the National Count Centre.

Changes to Ireland’s citizenship laws were expected to be ratified today in a referendum to tighten the State’s immigration regulations.

President Mary McAleese was unable to cast her vote today as she attended the state funeral of former US President Ronald Reagan in Washington.

The Irish Traveller Movement has encouraged its members to vote No to the referendum on citizenship.

Opposition parties have failed to understand the arguments against proposed changes to the Constitution in the upcoming citizenship referendum, the Government claimed today.

The Government has issued its final call for a "yes" vote in this Friday’s citizenship referendum.

An alliance of more than 45 different organisations has come together to call for a 'no' vote in this Friday’s citizenship referendum.

The Government has yet to allay SDLP concerns in Northern Ireland about Friday’s referendum on Irish citizenship, it was claimed today.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has denied that Ireland is a hostile place for immigrants.

The Jesuit Order has called on the Government to review immigration policy before reviewing the Constitution.

The Taoiseach has said that next Friday's referendum is an opportunity for the Irish electorate to address the citizenship issue once and for all.

The Irish Catholic Bishops Conference has said that it would be morally wrong to cast a vote in the citizenship referendum that would weaken existing fundamental rights under the Constitution.

The Taoiseach has said a "No" vote in next Friday’s referendum will leave Ireland’s citizenship laws open to abuse.

Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowan said today it was absurd to claim that citizenship referendum proposals were racist.

Fianna Fáil has launched its campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in the forthcoming citizenship referendum.

The director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties has claimed the "No" camp has won the moral argument surrounding the citizenship referendum.

The National Women’s Council has called for a "No" vote in the upcoming citizenship referendum.

Posters for the Progressive Democrats were binned today after the party breached strict laws protecting one of Dublin’s most historic parks.

The proposed changes to the constitution in the citizenship referendum will fuel the fires of racism, a group of doctors warned today.

The Government has launched its campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming citizenship referendum.

Sinn Féin has accused the Government of arranging the citizenship referendum to deflect from its failure on health and housing issues.

The Labour party has said the Government had not produced statistics to back up its arguments in favour of the upcoming citizenship referendum.

The leader of Fine Gael today warned not all of the electorate fully understands the issues in the citizenship referendum.

The Irish branch of Amnesty International has said the Government’s citizenship referendum highlights the lack of a coherent immigration policy in Ireland.

The Socialist Workers Party are to launch its campaign for a ‘No’ vote in the citizenship referendum today.

Fianna Fáil TD Denis O’Donovan has insisted that the Government’s citizenship referendum poses no threat to the human rights of children born to non-nationals in Ireland.

The Tánaiste has stated that no child born in Ireland will be left stateless if the citizenship referendum is passed.

The Children’s Rights Alliance has called for a ‘no’ vote in the Government’s citizenship referendum.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has said he believes not everybody in Ireland fully understands the issues surrounding the upcoming citizenship referendum.

The Green Party has launched its campaign for a ‘no’ vote in the June 11 citizenship referendum.

A network of community and voluntary groups working with immigrants and refugees in Ireland has criticised the lack of real debate on the Government’s proposed citizenship referendum.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called for the citizenship referendum to be deferred.

A group of 150 lawyers have launched a campaign against the Government’s proposed citizenship referendum.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has claimed that the Government’s proposed changes to citizenship laws would have a profoundly negative impact on the lives of children.

The Referendum Commission has been allocated €4m, ahead of the forthcoming Citizenship vote.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has told the Dáil that the Government’s planned citizenship referendum does not breach any national or international laws.

A group of Irish civic leaders has written to the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, urging him to delay the Government’s planned referendum on citizenship rights.

The Taoiseach has defended the decision to hold a citizenship referendum on June 11 as reasonable and fair.

Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte has said the Government claim that a worrying number of non-nationals were abusing Ireland’s existing citizenship rights was misleading.

The Dáil is due to return from its Easter recess this morning to debate legislation paving the way for the Government’s proposed citizen referendum.

The British government gave its backing tonight to a referendum on the right to Irish citizenship.

Activists opposed to the Government’s proposed citizenship referendum have launched a campaign urging the public to vote 'no' to the measure.

Fine Gael TD Gay Mitchell has been expelled from the Dáil during heated exchanges about the Government’s proposed citizenship referendum.