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And so the white flag has been raised, the writ has been written, and the pole scampers have started scampering—eager hands and ladders vying for prime positions on lamp posts across city and county. There is something unmistakably Irish, and particularly Galwegian, about the ritual: posters appearing overnight like mushrooms after rain, faces smiling down with varying degrees of confidence, urgency, and familiarity.

The ballot paper asks us: do you approve of the proposal to amend the Constitution contained in the 36th Amendment of the Constitution Bill?

Yes, Dublin won out over Mayo in the women’s GAA final last Sunday, but there were positives to this contest, which makes it different.