Voting in the 2025 Presidential Election has ended, with the more than 5,500 polling stations across the country closing at 10pm.
Some 3.6 million people were eligible to vote for a successor to Michael D Higgins as president.
Earlier tonight, turnout in rural parts of Co Monaghan, where the Fine Gael candidate, Heather Humphreys voted, was reported to be over 60%.
Average turnout across the country varied from 30 to over 40% but an official figure will not be known until tomorrow.
The Independent candidate, Catherine Connolly cast her ballot in Galway city.
The counting of votes will get under way at 9am tomorrow morning with a result expected later in the day.
In this election, three candidates were validly nominated.
Unusually, Fianna Fáil's Jim Gavin stepped aside during the contest.
His name remained on the ballot paper, along with Ms Humphreys and Ms Connolly, because he withdrew after the close of nominations.
Therefore any votes for Mr Gavin will be counted and distributed in the usual way.
Ballot boxes will be transported to count centres for secure storage overnight.
Boxes will be opened at 9am tomorrow when the counting of votes begins.
Turnout in candidate home constituencies
Parts of Monaghan, the home county of presidential candidate Heather Humphreys, appeared to buck the trend in the north east of the country when it comes to voter turnout.
A number of polling stations recorded turnout figures of over 60% with the likes of Killeevan at 72% as of 8pm.
Voting was brisk throughout the afternoon and evening in both rural and urban areas in Monaghan with some urban areas as of 8pm getting around the 50% mark, with Clones at 49% and Carrickmacross at 52%.
The turnout across the West and Midlands constituencies was very sluggish to begin, but picked up throughout the late afternoon and evening.
Galway West is Catherine Connnolly's home constituency and she voted in the Claddagh polling station this morning.
She will be coming to the Lawn Tennis Club in Salthill early tomorrow morning to see the first box for Galway West being opened here at the count centre.
Galway West average turnout was up to 40%, city areas like Salthill at 47% and Knocknacarra at 44%, and in the west of the county, towns like Moycullen recorded a 43% turnout and Clifden at 36%.
In Galway East, the turnout was at 38%. The highest turnout was in Kinvara with a 47% poll, and in the north of the county, Tuam at 31% and Athenry at 42%.
Roscommon-Galway turnout averaged at 25% in Castlerea, Boyle and Ballinasloe in Galway down by around 5%.
The estimated turnout in Dublin as polls closed was 43%, with turnout in the city down on the 2018 presidential election but turnout in the county higher than the last contest that elected President Higgins.
The five Dublin city constituencies averaged a turnout of 38% down from almost 41% in 2018.
The highest turnout was in Dublin Bay North at 48.9%, followed by Dublin South Central 38.2%, Dublin Central 37% and Dublin North West 34.7%.
Dublin Bay South recorded the lowest turnout across the city and county of 31.7%.
The 47% turnout across the seven constituencies in Dublin County is up from 44% in 2018.
The highest recorded in the county (and across all of the capital) was in Fingal East 49.6%. That was followed by Dun Laoghaire 49.4%, Rathdown 48.6 %, Fingal West 48.5 %, Dublin Midwest 48.4%, Dublin West 43.5%.
The lowest turnout in the county was Dublin Southwest 41.5%
In Mayo, the average turnout was at 30.2%
As the polling ends, Longford's turnout averaged 35%.
Longford town itself reached a figure of 34.34% of the total register.
Ballymahon saw a marginally higher turnout at 35.06%.
Meanwhile, the more rural polling station in Kenagh hit just over 35%.
In Westmeath, Mullingar might end up at around 40% or into the early 40s, but in rural areas, there are higher percentage turnouts with one box, at Taughmon NS, registering in the mid 50s.
After a bit of a surge, Mullingar went quiet again, and it's looking likely that the final turnout will be somewhere in the late 30s.
As of 9.15pm at Mullingar's Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn, the range is 18% to 45%.
Looking at the rural areas, Collinstown, by 9.30pm was on 40%.
By 9pm, in Taughmon, one box was at over 54%, and the other at 46%.
The Castlepollard box was at 42%.
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Turnout in Dublin City was at 33%, down 3% on the same period in 2018.
Dublin Bay North had the highest turnout at 44%.
The lowest was Dublin Bay South at 27%.
In the last presidential election in 2018, the turnout nationally at 43.9% was the lowest of any presidential election in this country.
In Munster, in 2018, turnout was slightly higher at 46%.
In Cork City, South Central - the Taoiseach's constituency - was at 44.6%; North Central was 36.8%. That gives a combined 41.6% turnout in the city at 8pm.
The combined three Cork County constituencies were on a turnout of 38.5%.
In Limerick City, on the Ennis Road and in Caherdavin turnout was 42%-43%, but in more rural areas such as Bruff, Ballylanders and Templeglantine, it hadn't reached 40% at 8pm.
In Murroe and Abbeyfeale it was 31%-33 per cent. In Moyross in the city it was 22%.
In County Clare, turnout in Ennis was put at 36% and in Cratloe at 39%.
In Waterford City, Ballygunner had registered just over 40%, Farronshoneen had registered 38.5%, while Scoil Lorcáin was on 34%.
Turnout was much lower through in the county in Waterford - 34% in Cappoquin, Tallow, and Lismore.
In Tipperary, Clonmel was at 37.5% at 7pm; Nenagh at 32% and Tipp Town was at 29%. In Thurles at 7.30pm, turnout was at 31% and at 37% in Ballina.
In Kerry the latest figures are 38% in Tralee, 48% in Killarney, 33% in Listowel and 42% in Daingean Uí Chúis.
As it happened: Votes cast in 2025 Presidential Election
Additional reporting Joe Mag Raollaigh, Samantha Libreri
