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Nine News: Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reports that islanders off the coast of Donegal have cast their votes today
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Six One News: Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reports that polling opened today on five islands off the coast of Donegal
Polls have officially opened in the 2007 General Election.
A total of 729 voters on five islands off the coast of Donegal are voting today.
Polling booths have been set up on Arranmore, Tory, Gola, Inisfree and Inisboffin.
The islanders traditionally ballot ahead of the rest of the country because of potential difficulties getting their votes back to the mainland in bad weather.
The two polling stations on Arranmore, the largest of the islands, opened from 10.30am to 7.30pm, while on Tory the station opened in the national school from 11am until 3pm.
Voters on the islands off the coast of Mayo will go to the polls tomorrow.
