Vote counting for the local and European elections started at 9am this morning.
A day after voters headed to the polls in three highly anticipated elections, the ballot boxes will be opened at 9am before counting gets under way later on Saturday.
People voted to elect a swathe of new councillors as well as picking candidates to send to the European Parliament and, for the first time, some voters will be directly electing a mayor to represent them locally.
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12.30 – Count centre staff are continuing to process boxes in Cork before counting begins in the local elections.
There has been no huge surprise yet, with the tallies suggesting the main government and party and opposition candidates are doing well.
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There is only a partial tally being conducted for the Dublin constituency.
Former Labour TD and Senator Kevin Humphreys believes there are some trends emerging,…
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