Election 2024: Taoiseach casts his ballot as voters head to polls in ‘too close to call’ General Election

Cillian Sherlock reports

Voters head to the polls this morning for a General Election which will set the political landscape for the next five years.

The three largest parties were virtually neck-and-neck heading into the vote, with one party leader describing the race as “too close to call”.

The latest poll, a Red C-Business Post survey, shows support for Fianna Fail unchanged at 21pc, only slightly ahead of its coalition partner, Fine Gael, which is down two percentage points at 20pc and now tied with the largest opposition party, Sinn Fein, which has gained two.

The polls will open at 7am and close at 10pm, with a total of 174 seats in the country’s parliament to be filled – more than ever before.

More than three million registered voters will pick their representatives across 43 constituencies, in a campaign that has focused on the country’s housing crisis, the response to a dramatic increase in immigration, and economic management for the cost of living as well as…