
Polling stations around Ireland opened at 7am. They will close tonight at 10pm. Several polling stations in Sligo are reporting a very slow start to voting - just 14 people out of 650 had voted in one booth by 9am in Tubbercurry reports RTE News.
Turnout in Cork city is estimated at around 5% so far. In Co Kerry, the turnout in urban polling stations in Tralee and Killarney is estimated to be also at 5%.
People who have not received their polling cards are still entitled to vote once their name is on the electoral register and they have proof of identity.