Voters go to the polls today in two bye-elections to fill vacant Dáil seats in Galway West and Dublin Central.
Polling stations open at 7am and will remain open until 10pm.
The electorate in Dublin Central has dropped by almost 6,000 since the last general election after a recent drive by An Coimisiún Toghcháin to remove duplicate names from the voting register, as well as those who have either emigrated or died.
A total of 57,619 people are registered to vote in Dublin Central compared to 63,190 in 2024.
The electorate in Galway West has also dropped since the general election by 234 to now stand at 103,479.
Voters must bring valid ID to cast their vote while a polling card is helpful but not essential
Fourteen candidates appear on the ballot paper in Dublin Central hoping to fill the seat vacated by former minister for finance Paschal Donohoe.
Mr Donohoe resigned his seat in November to take up a new position with the World Bank in Washington.
Seventeen candidates in Galway West are hoping to fill the vacancy created by Catherine Connolly's election as Uachtarán na hÉireann.
This is the fourth bye-election triggered by a TD moving to Áras an Uachtaráin, and the first since Erskine Childers election in 1973.
This marks the first bye-election in the history of the State where those on the islands vote in tandem with the mainland.
5 boxes will be ferried across tonight from Inishbofin, Inis Mór, Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr for counting tomorrow in Salthill, where 196 boxes will be counted in all.
Boxes from 21 polling stations in Dublin Central will be brought to the RDS on Dublin's southside for counting.
The turnout in Dublin Central in the last General Election was 52.3%.
Given turnout in bye-elections is normally lower, and the fact the electorate is smaller, Dublin Central may produce a result sometime tomorrow evening.
A more protracted count is likely in Galway West - where a result might not come until Sunday.
Contingencies have been made for the count in Salthill to last beyond Sunday.
An Coimisiún Toghcháin is piloting a new initiative in both constituencies where people can take a sticker to illustrate that they have cast their ballot.
The stickers "I'm a Voter" or "Is Votalaí mé" will be available in eight polling stations in Dublin Central and one in Galway West in Knocknacarra.
