Roche attacks UK Independence Party’s comments on result

EUROPEAN Affairs Minister Dick Roche lambasted the UK Independence Party [UKIP] after it suggested the Irish electorate had been “bullied” into voting Yes.

UKIP’s Nigel Farage insisted the referendum had not been “free and fair” and compared it to corrupt elections in Zimbabwe.

He went on to claim that Ireland was in danger of losing its independence because of the Yes vote.