Ireland will be awash with celebration tonight as they made history today by becoming the first country to legalise same-sex marriage. After a busy day at the polls yesterday, the tense wait finally came to an end with the results being announced today at 7pm. As predicted it was a landslide victory with 62.1% voting| Ireland will be awash with celebration tonight as they made history today by becoming the first country to legalise same-sex marriage. After a busy day at the polls yesterday, the tense wait finally came to an end with the results being announced today at 7pm. As predicted it was a landslide victory with 62.1% voting