People in Ireland have been voting all day on whether to repeal the country’s eighth amendment, which makes abortion illegal in almost all circumstances.

More than 6,500 polling stations are open across Ireland, with 3.3m citizens registered to vote. Polls opened at 7am, and turnout currently looks as though it will surpass that of previous referendums. A ‘teatime rush’ is expected to see many more cast their votes in the late afternoon and early evening.

The count will begin on Saturday morning, but the results of an exit poll conducted by Ipsos/MRBI is expected to be published late on Friday night. Some 4,000 respondents at 160 polling stations in every constituency will be interviewed for the exit poll, which is estimated to have a margin of error of +/-1.5%.

Follow the Irish Times referendum live blog here.

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