Oireachtas inquiry amendment defeated

The 30th Amendment to give more powers of investigation to the Oireachtas has been defeated.

There were 928,175 votes against the change to the Constitution while 812,008 people voted for the amendment.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said his Cabinet colleage Brendan Howlin was in charge of the 30th Amendement, and he in turn has blamed the chair of the Referendum Commission.