People voted across the country on Friday in a number of ballots - here's what we know so far:
- Citizens voted in the European Elections, Local Elections and also in a referendum on divorce arrangements.
- In addition, voters in Cork City, Limerick and Waterford were asked if they want a directly elected mayor.
- The referendum on divorce was passed with 82.1% voting in favour.
- Almost 2,000 candidates are contesting the local council elections.
- There are 949 seats up for grabs on 31 councils around the country.
- By 11.30pm, 806 of the 949 local election seats had been filled around the country.
- The contest is taking place across 166 local electoral areas.
- Turnout in the local elections was 49.6%.
- Patrick Feeney garnered one of the lowest votes in Irish electoral history, with just one first preference vote in Galway City Central.
- Seamus McGrath has so far won the most first preferences with 4,272 votes in the Carrigaline local electoral area of Cork.
- Fianna Fáil are leading in the Local Elections with a 27% share.
- Fine Gael are a close second with 24.9% and the Green Party has 5.6% of seats so far.
- Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he is open to the possibility of an early general election.
- However, Micheál Martin said his party will continue to support the Government.
- More than 400 million people were eligible to elect 751 members of the European Parliament.
- At over two feet long, the Ireland South constituency for the European Election has the longest ballot paper in the country...23 candidates are in the running.
- A "green wave of thinking" across Europe is building momentum as Europeans went to the polls today.
- The first European results are expected to be announced tonight as voting in all EU countries completes.
- Ciaran Cuffe topped the poll in the Dublin European constituency in the first count.
- He is set to be the first of 13 Irish MEPs elected.
- The Northern Ireland EU Elections count will begin tomorrow.
- Between all the different ballots, counting could run into Tuesday or Wednesday.
