Dublin Bay South has seen low turnout today for the first election in Ireland since before the pandemic, with polling stations due to close at 10.30pm
A polling station sign in Ranelagh this morning. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie A polling station sign in Ranelagh this morning. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie Updated 10 minutes ago
Early indications show a low turnout so far at polling stations across the constituency – though the same constituency had the lowest turnout of the 2020 general election.Turnout was 27% in Harold’s Cross by the evening, 26% in Sandymount. 25% in Ringsend and 18% in Ranelagh.Candidates have been campaigning in the constituency for a number of weeks to replace the former Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy, who resigned his Dáil seat in April.
Voters are also being requested to vote during quieter periods, to use hand sanitiser and not to “linger inside the building to chat to friends or neighbours”. “If you do not have a pen or pencil, the polling staff will provide you with a new pencil. There is no need to return the pencil to the polling staff,” the Dublin City Returning Officer said last month.
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