Sinn Féin looks to heal from 2019 wounds as Fianna Fáil aims to hold ground

Voters will go to the polls to elect almost 1,000 local councillors in Ireland, where Sinn Féin will look to make amends on 2019 when its support dropped by half.

Party leaders have said it has been a “pleasant” campaign but also that it has been difficult to read how people will vote.

There are 949 city and county council seats to be filled across 31 local authorities, which are divided into 166 electoral areas.

The local elections will be a test of strength for parties and independents, and possibly give an insight into who will become candidates in the general election that will be held in the next nine months.

Five years ago, Fianna Fáil retained its crown as the largest party in local government, with 279 of the party’s candidates elected after winning 27 per cent of first preference votes.

Fine Gael were just behind on 25 per cent, Labour won 5.7 per cent, the Green Party got 5.5 per cent, the…

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