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How to follow live General Election coverage on RTÉ

RTÉ will provide results, analysis and reaction coverage across all its platforms
RTÉ will provide results, analysis and reaction coverage across all its platforms

RTÉ is providing 24/7 coverage of Election24 across online, television and radio as the count continues across the weekend.

RTÉ News Online is providing breaking news followed by full results coverage, live updates on each count, as well as video, data visualisation and analysis on our app and social platforms.

The live blog is carrying rolling updates and won't stop until the final seat is filled. It features the big moments, interesting details, trends, colour and analysis.

We'll have the very latest wherever you are with our 43 individual constituency blogs to deliver hyper-local coverage of Election24 in feature text, images and video.

Our interactive map will give live results detailing constituency breakdowns and the countrywide overview as the 34th Dáil takes shape.

In the latest episode of RTÉ's General Election podcast Behind the Ballot, David McCullagh and Katie Hannon get stuck into the nitty-gritty of what the RTÉ, Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin Exit Poll carried out by Ipsos B&A data suggests.

On RTÉ Radio 1 presenters Claire Byrne, Colm Ó Mongáin, Cormac Ó hEadhra, Justin McCarthy, Rachael English and Sarah McInerney will keep listeners informed throughout the day and night with special radio programming as seats are filled. - listen live now.


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Television coverage will start at 9am on Saturday with David McCullagh, Miriam O'Callaghan, Áine Lawlor, Fran McNulty, Katie Hannon, and Sarah McInerney breaking down and scrutinising the political landscape with discussion and political reaction.

The One O'Clock, Six One and Nine O'Clock News will provide an overview of each day's election news alongside other key stories.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and Nuacht RTÉ will report the latest election updates on-air and online

A special Upfront Election 24 programme on Monday night will examine the impact of the weekend's results and get audience reaction.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta kicks off its election coverage at 10am on Saturday with Lá an Chomhairimh in conjunction with analysis from correspondents, experts and contributors.

Nuacht RTÉ will gather insights and report the freshest election occurrences on-air and online, and RTÉ will also co-produce Vóta 2024 programmes with TG4 providing 15 hours of election coverage.

RTÉ's election coverage began from the moment it was called, with RTÉ News providing insights from the campaign trail, analysis of developments and interviews with party leaders.

And ahead of votes being cast, news2day reporter Barry Gallagher explained how Ireland's Proportional Representation with a Single Transferrable Vote (PR-STV) electoral system works.