Over 3m registered to vote in poll today

As many as 3.2m people will cast their vote in today’s eighth amendment referendum including 118,000 new voters, underlining the level of public importance being assigned to the historic vote.

The figures were officially confirmed by a number of independent groups yesterday as final preparations were made for the national vote on Ireland’s strict abortion laws and amid fevered international media attention.

With polling stations due to open at 7am and close at 10pm tonight, before an initial exit poll is known at 11.30pm and counting begins tomorrow, officials confirmed that 3.2m people are registered to vote nationwide.