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Mon 02 Feb 2007Three in four voters would now support divorceAn overwhelming majority of Irish people would vote in favour of divorce if a referendum on the issue were held now, according to the latest Irish TimesTNS mrbi opinion poll. A clear majority of voters also believes that the introduction of divorce has not undermined the institution of marriage.On the 10th anniversary of the introduction of divorce, 75 per cent of those polled said they would vote in favour of divorce if a referendum were held now, compared with just 16 per cent who said they would vote against and 9 per cent who had no opinion or didn't know how they would vote.